2013年职称英语理工B级

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2013年度全国职称英语等级考试综合类（B级）试题第1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个词或短语画有底横线，请为每处画线部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。

1.She came across three children sleeping under a bridge.A passed byB took a notice ofC woke upD found by chance2.It seemed incredible that he had been there a week already.A rightB obviousC unbelievableD unclear3.He was tempted by the high salary offered by the company.A attractedB taughtC keptD changed4.She gets aggressive when she is drunk.A worriedB offensiveC sleepyD anxious5.I have little information as regards her fitness for the post.A atB withC aboutD from6.These animals migrate south annually in search of food.A exploreB inhabitC preferD travel7.There was something peculiar in the way he smiles.A differentB wrongC strangeD funny8.Make sure the table is securely anchored.A repairedB fixedC clearedD booked9.As a politician,he knows how to manipulate public opinion.A influenceB expressC divideD voice10.He paused,waiting for her to digest the information.A withholdB exchangeC understandD contact11.The rules are too rigid to allow for human error.A generalB inflexibleC complexD direct12.Rumors began to circulate about his financial problems.A sendB hearC confirmD spreade out,or I’ll bust the door down.A breakB shutC setD beat14.The police will need to keep a wary eye on this area of town.A nakedB blindC cautiousD private15.The contract between the two companies will expire soon.A shortenB startC endD resume第2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。

2013年职称英语考试理工类B级考前冲刺模拟题(1)词汇选项1. It is difficult to assess the importance of the decision.A evaluateB commentC discussD report2. You must try to wipe out the memory of these horrible events.A strangeB terribleC unusualD unfair3. He spoke in such a pleasant manner that I felt at ease with him at once.A confidentB relaxingC formalD comfortable4. He worked so hard that eventually he fell ill.A thenB surelyC finallyD recently5. He thought it better to begin working immediately.A at onceB recentlyC earlyD rapidly6. As the headmaster made a long speech, the ceremony was prolonged by ten minutes.A quickenedB enlargedC enrichedD lengthened7. The animals in Australia are vastly different from those in EuropeA chieflyB greatlyC mainlyD totally8. Poor people can't always live in decent conditionsA popularB famousC favoriteD acceptable9. Many people have the illusion that wealth is the chief source of happiness.A firm beliefB outlookC false ideaD vision10. When she was invited to dinner, she readily accepted.A suddenlyB firmlyC reallyD willingly11. The manager gave us the identical cottage each summer.A temporaryB similarC sameD attractive12. Mary has derived a good deal of benefit from her job.A obtainedB acceptedC bribedD produced13. He is charming; nevertheless, I don't quite trust him.A howeverB thereforeC despiteD afterwards14. Her behaviour is extremely childish.A simpleB immatureC beautifulD pretty15. Even in a modernized country, manual work is still needed.A hardB mentalC simpleD physical答案：1. A 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. A6. D 7. B 8. D 9. C 10. D11. C 12. A 13. A 14. B 15. D 2013年职称英语考试理工类B级考前冲刺模拟题(2)第1部分：词汇选项(第1～15题，每题1分，共15分)1. The nursery is bright and cheerful.A pleasantB cleanC peacefulD large2. This kind of material was seldom used in building houses during the Middle Ages.A neverB rarelyC oftenD only3. People from many places were drawn to the city by its growing economy.A fetchedB carriedC attractedD pushed4. The soldier displayed remarkable courage in the battle.A placedB showedC pointedD decided5. How do you account for your absence from the class last Thursday?A explainB examineC chooseD expand6. About one quarter of the workers in the country are employed in factoriesA thirdB fourthC tenthD fifteenth7. She was grateful to him for being so good to her.A carefulB hatefulC beautifulD thankful8. There are only five minutes left, but the outcome of the match is still in doubtA resultB judgmentC estimationD event9. He is certain that the dictionary is just what I want.A sureB angryC doubtfulD worried10. The last few weeks have been enjoyableA closeB nearC pastD several11. What were the consequences of the decision she had made?A reasonsB resultsC causesD bases12. They didn't realize how serious the problem was.A knowB forgetC doubtD remember13. We shall keep the money in a secure place.A cleanB secretC distantD safe14. The great changes of the city astonished every visitor to that cityA attackedB surprisedC attractedD interested15. The city has decided to do away with all the old buildings in its center.A. get rid of B set up C repair D paint答案：01. A 02. B 03. C 04. B 05. A06. B 07. D 08. A 09. A 10. C11. B 12. A 13. D 14.B 15. A2013职称英语综合类B级阅读理解冲刺模拟题汇总Powers of Self-suggestion Most systems of medicine are based on theater. With leeches, acupuncture needles, vitamin pills or whatever stage prop is appropriate for the time and culture, the healer artfully evokes the patient's powers of self-suggestion, which are responsible for whatever healing may occur.Western medicine operates on a different plane. For one thing, it has the most impressive props - expensive medicines, elaborate rituals and mysterious high-tech machines with a white-gowned cast to operate them. For another, it evokes the patient's auto suggestive powers all the more forcefully by pretending to ignore them. This mysterious gift of self-healing is cloaked with an anodyne label, the "placebo effect", and recognized only as a nuisance likely to confound clinical trials. But the placebo (Latin for "I will please") and its shadowy twin the nocebo ("I will harm") are much more than methodological problems: they lie at the heart of every interaction between doctor and patient.How they work no one knows. But the brain rules the body in many subconscious ways, including its control of the body's major hormones and its subtle influence over the immune system. So it's possible that, in ways yet unknown, expectations about health or disease are sometimes translated into a bodily reaction that fulfills them.The power of these effects is hard to overstate. A rule of thumb is that 30 percent of patients in the placebo half of a drug trial (i.e. those who unknowingly receive a dummy pill instead of the real thing) will experience an improvement in symptoms. But the proportion may be much higher. Just like real drugs, placebo pills can produce stronger effects in larger doses. Patients will report greater relief when given a larger pill, or two dummy capsules instead of one.Doctors' expectations also contribute to the awesome power of the placebo effect. In a study of tooth extractions, patients were given either a painkiller or sham drugs. Some dentists were assigned to give either drug, without knowing which, but other dentists knew they would be giving only sham drugs. The patients whose dentists thought they had at least a 50-50 chance of giving a painkiller suffered significantly less pain.Presumably, doctors transmit their expectations to the patient through subtle cues, often without knowing they are doing so. For this reason, all properly designed drug trials are double blind. But given that both groups can often guess from the side effects, even this precaution may not always crush the generation of expectancies.1. Which of the following is NOT a feature of Western medicine?A) It reduces the patients; self-healing powers.B) It has the full support of high-tech machines.C) It is very expensive. D) It has complicated rituals.2. What dose the term "the placebo effect" mean?A) It means the mind-troubling effect. B) It means the psychological effect.C) It means the harmful effect. D) It means the theatrical effect.3. What does "them" (the last word in paragraph 3) refer to?A) Clinical trials. B) The body's major hormones.C) Expectations about health or disease. D) Many subconscious ways.4. Why did the patients whose dentists thought they had at least a 50-50 chance of being given a painkiller suffer significantly less pain?A) Because of doctors' expectations. B) Because of the placebo effect.C) Because of the healing power of the medicine taken.D) Because of the excellent medical skills of the doctors.5. What does the author mean by saying that for this reason, all properly designed drug trials are double blind (in the last paragraph)?A) The physician and the patient are both ignorant of the healing power of the medicine.B) The physician doesn't know whether the given pill is real or fake.C) The patient doesn't know whether the given pill is real or fake.D) Neither the physician nor the patient knows whether the given pill is real or fake.Key:ABCADFord's Assembly LineWhen it comes to singling out those who have made a difference in all our lives, you cannot overlook Henry Ford. A historian a century from now might well conclude that it was Ford who most influenced all manufacturing, everywhere, even to this day, by introducing a new way to make cars-one, strange to say, that originated in slaughterhouses.Back in the early 1900's, slaughterhouses used what could have been called a "disassembly line." Ford reversed this process to see if it would speed up production of a part of an automobile engine called a magneto. Rather than have each worker completely assemble a magneto, one of its elements was placed on a conveyer, and each worker, as it passed, added another component to it, the same one each time. Professor David Hounshell of the University of Delaware, an expert on industrial development, tells what happened:"The previous day, workers carrying out the entire process had averaged one assembly every 20 minutes. But on that day, on the line, the assembly team averaged one every 13 minutes and 10 seconds per person."Within a year, the time had been reduced to five minutes. In 1913, Ford went all the way. Hooked together by ropes, partially assembled vehicles were towed past workers who completed them one piece at a time. It wasn't long before Ford was turning out several hundred thousand cars a year, a remarkable achievement then. And so efficient and economical was this new system that he cut the price of his cars in half, to $260, putting them within reach of all those who, up until that time, could not afford them. Soon, auto makers the world over copied him. In fact, he encouraged them to do so by writing a book about all of his innovations, entitled Today and Tomorrow. The Age of the Automobile has arrived. Today, aided by robots and other forms of automation, everything from toasters to perfumes are made on assembly lines.1. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A) Henry Ford influenced our lives. B) Henry Ford influenced all manufacturing.C) Henry Ford influenced the manufacture of cars. D) Henry Ford influenced historians.2. The writer mentioned "slaughterhouses" because these were the places in whichA) Ford's assembly line originated. B) he made cars.C) he innovated the assembly line. D) he innovated the disassembly line.3. A magneto is a technical term forA) an automobile. B) an engine.C) a part of an automobile engine. D) an automobile engine.4. The phrase "turning out " in the last paragraph can best be replaced byA) producing. B) appeasing. C) assembling. D) fixing.5. It didn't take long for Henry FordA) to turn out a few hundred cars a year. B) to turn out a few thousand cars a year.C) to reduce the price of his cars to $260.D) to cut the production of his cars by 50%.KEY:DACACThe Gene IndustryMajor companies are already in pursuit of commercial applications of the new biology. They dream of placing enzymes in the automobile to monitor exhaust and send data on pollution to a microprocessor that will then adjust the engine. They speak of what the New York Times calls "metal-hungry microbes that might be used to mine valuable trace metal from ocean water". They have already demanded and won the right to patent new lifeforms.Nervous critics, including many scientists, worry that there is corporate, national, international, and inter-scientific rivalry in the entire biotechnological field. They create images not of oil spills, but of "microbe spills" that could spread disease and destroy entire populations. The creation and accidental release of extremely poisonous microbes, however, is only one cause for alarm. Completely rational and respectable scientists are talking about possibilities that stagger the imagination.Should we breed people with cow-with stomachs so they can digest grass and hay, thereby relieving the food problem by modifying us to eat lower down on the food chain? Should we biologically alter workers to fit the job requirement, for example, creating pilots with faster reaction times or assembly-line workers designed to do our monotonous work for us? Should we attempt to eliminate "inferior" people and breed a "super-race"? (Hitler tried this, but without the genetic weaponry that may soon issue from our laboratories.) Should we produce soldiers to do our fighting? Should we use geneticforecasting to pre-eliminate "unfit" babies? Should we grow reserve organs for ourselves, each of us having, as it were, a "savings bank" full of spare kidney, livers, or hands?Wild as these notions may sound, every one has its advocates (and opposers) in the scientific community as well as its striking commercial application. As two critics of genetic engineering, Jeremy Rifkin and Ted Howard, state in their book Who Should Play God? , "Broad scale genetic engineering will probably be introduced to America much the same way as assembly lines automobiles, vaccines, computers and all the other technologies. As each new genetic advance becomes commercially practical, a new consumer need will be exploited and a market for the new technology will be created."1. According to the passage, the exhaust from a car engine could probably be checked byA) using metal-hungry microbes. B) making use of enzymes.C) adjusting the engine. D) patenting new life forms.2. According to the passage, which of the following would worry the critics the most?A) The unanticipated explosion of population. B) The creation of biological solar cells.C) The accidental spill of oil. D) The unexpected release of destructive microbes.3. Which of the following notions is NOT mentioned?A) Developing a "savings bank" of one's organs. B) Breeding soldiers for a war.C) Producing people with cow-like stomachs. D) Using genetic forecasting to cure diseases.4. According to the passage, Hitler attempted toA) change the pilots biologically to win the war.B) develop genetic farming for food supply.C) kill the people he thought of as inferior.D) encourage the development of genetic weapons for the war.5. What does Jeremy Rifkin and Ted Howard's statement imply?A) the commercial applications of genetic engineering are inevitable.B) America will depend on other countries for biological progress.C) Americans are proud of their computers, automobiles and genetic technologies.D) The potential application of each new genetic advance should be controlled.KEYS: BDDCATaxi RidingIn a moment of personal crisis, how much help can you expect from a New York taxi driver? I began studying this question after watching the "Taxicab Confessions," a series of documentaries in which hidden cameras record the secrets of unsuspecting taxi riders. I found the results varied.One morning I got into three different taxis and announced: "Well, it's my first day back in New York in seven years. I've been in prison." Not a single driver replied, so I tried again. "Yeah, I shot a man in Reno," I explained, hoping the driver would ask me why, so I could say casually," Just to watch him die." But nobody asked. The only response came from a Ghanaian driver: "Reno? That is in Nevada?"Taxi drivers were uniformly sympathetic when I said I'd just been fired. "This is America," a Haitian driver said. "One door is closed. Another is open." He argued against my plan to burn down my boss's house: "If you do something silly and they put you away, you cannot look for another job." A Pakistani driver even turned down a chance to profit from my loss of hope: he refused to take me to the middle of the George Washington Bridge, a $20 trip. "Why you want to go there? Go home and relax. Don't worry. Take a new job."One very hot weekday in July, while wearing a red ski mask and holding a stuffed pillowcase with the work "BANK" on it, I tried hailing a taxi five times outside different banks. The driver picked me up every time. My ride with Guy-Caaude Thevenain, a Haitian driver, was typical of the superb assistance I received."Is anyone following us?""No," said the driver, looking in his rearview mirror at traffic and me."Let's go across the park," I said. "I just robbed the bank there. I got $25,000.""$25,000?" he asked."Yeah, you think it was wrong to take it?""No, man, I work 8 hours and I don't make almost $70. If I can do that, I do it too."As we approached 86th and Lexington, I pointed to the Chemical Bank."Hey, there's another bank," I said, "could you wait here a minute while I go inside?""No, I can't wait. Pay me now." His reluctance may have had something to do with money -taxi drivers think the rate for waiting time is too low -but I think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber can't expect unconditional support.1. From the Ghanaian driver's response, we can infer thatA) he was indifferent to the killing. B) he was afraid of the author.C) he looked down upon the author. D) he thought the author was crazy.2. Why did the Pakistani driver refuse to take the author to the middle of the George Washington Bridge?A) Because he didn't want to help the author get over his career crisis.B) Because he wanted to go home and relax.C) Because it was far away from his home.D) Because he suspected that the author was going to commit suicide.3. What is author's interpretation of the driver's reluctance "to wait outside the Chemical bank"?A) The driver thought that the rate for waiting time was too low.B) The driver thought it wrong to support a taxi rider unconditionally.C) The driver was frightened and wanted to leave him as soon as possible.D) The driver wanted to go home and relax.4. Which of the following statements is true about New York taxi drivers?A) They are ready to help you do whatever you want to.B) They refuse to pick up those who would kill themselves.C) They are sympathetic with those who are out of work.D) They work only for money.5. What does the passage mainly discuss?A) How to make taxi riders comfortable. B) How to deal with taxi riders.C) The attitudes of taxi drivers towards the taxi riders having personal crises.D) The attitudes of taxi drivers towards violent criminals.KEYS:ADBCCMom's Traffic AccidentsThe bicycling craze came in when were just about the right age to enjoy it. At first even "safety" bicycles were too dangerous and improper for ladies to ride, and they had to have tricycles. My mother had (I believe) the first female tricycle in Cambridge; and I had a little one, and we used to go out for family rides, all together; my fatherin front on a bicycle, and my poor brother Charles standing miserable on the bar behind my mother. I found it very hard work, pounding away on my hard tyres; a glorious, but not a pleasurable pastime.Then, one day at lunch, my father said he had just seen a new kind of tyre, filled up with air, and he thought it might be a success. And soon after that everyone had bicycles, ladies and all; and bicycling became the smart thing, and the lords and ladies had their pictures in the papers, riding along in the park, in straw boater hats.My mother must have fallen off her bicycle pretty often, for I remember seeing the most appalling cuts and bruises on her legs. But she never complained, and always kept these mishaps to herself. However, the great Mrs. Phillips, our cook, always knew all about them; as indeed she knew practically everything that ever happened. She used to draw us into the servants' hall to tell us privately. "Her Ladyship had a nasty fall yesterday; she cut both her knees and sprained her wrist. But don't let her know I told you. " So we never dared say anything. Similar little accidents used to occur when, at the age of nearly seventy, she insisted on learning to drive a car. She never mastered the art of reversing, and was in every way an unconventional and terrifying driver. Mrs. Phillips used then to tell us: "Her Ladyship ran into the back of a milk-cart yesterday; but it wasn't much hurt "; or " A policeman stopped her Ladyship because she was on the wrong side of the road; but she said she didn't know what the white line on the road meant, so he explained and let her go on. " Mrs. Phillips must have had an excellent Intelligence Service command, for the stories were always true enough.1.Women did not ride bicycles at first becauseA) they demanded too much hard work. B) they were considered unsafe and unladylike.C) tricycles were more enjoyable. D) tricycles could carry young children as well.2. How did the writer feel about tricycles?A) They were very hard to ride. B) They were safer and more convenient for women.C) They were not as fast as bicycles. D) They were not proper for women to ride.3.Cyclying became popular whenA) the writer's father popularized it. B) air-filled tyres began to be used.C) aristocratic people started enjoying it. D) newspapers had pictures of cyclists.4.The writer admires Mrs. Phillips becauseA) she was an excellent cook. B) she was in command of all the servants.C) she could keep secrets. D) she knew everything that went on.5. The writer's mother always had car accident later becauseA) she could not control the car. B) she was very old then.C) she did not understand the road system. D) she behaved arrogantly.Key: BABDACommon Problems, Common SolutionsThe chances are that you made up your mind about smoking a long time ago-and decided it's not for you.The chances are equally good that you know a lot of smokers-there are, after all about 60 millions of them, work with them, play with them, and get along with them very well.And finally it's a pretty safe bet that you're open-minded and interested in all the various issues about smokers and nonsmokers-or you wouldn't be reading this.And those three things make you incredibly important today.Because they mean that yours is the voice-not the smoker's and not the anti-smoker's-that will determine how much of society's efforts should go into building walls that separate us and how much into the search for solutions that bring us together.For one tragic result of the emphasis on building walls is the diversion of millions of dollars from scientific research on the causes and cures of diseases which, when all is said and done, still strike the nonsmoker as well as the smoker. One prominent health organization, to cite but a single instance, now speeds 28 cents of every publicly-contributed dollar on "education"(much of it in anti-smoking propaganda) and only 2 cents on research.There will always be some who want to build walls, who want to separate people from people, and up to a point, even these may serve society. The anti-smoking wall-builders have, to give them their due, helped to make us all more keenly aware of choice.But our guess, and certainly our hope, is that you are among the far greater number who know that walls are only temporary at best, and that over the long run, we can serve society's interests better by working together in mutual accommodation.Whatever virtue walls may have, they can never move our society toward fundamental solutions. People who work together on common problems, common solutions, can.1. What does the word "wall" used in the passage mean?A) Anti-smoking propaganda.B) Diseases striking nonsmokers as well as smokers.C) Rules and regulations that prohibit smokingD) Separation of smokers from nonsmokers.2. In paragraph 4, "you" refers toA) smokers B) non-smokers C) anti-smokers D) smokers who have quitted smoking3. It is evident that the author is not in favor ofA) building a wall between smokers and nonsmokersB) doing scientific research at the expense of one's healthC) bringing smokers and nonsmokers togetherD) providing accommodation for smokers.4. As is suggested, the common solution to the common problem isA) To separate people from peopleB) To work together in mutual accommodationC) To make us more keenly aware of choiceD) To serve society's interests better.5. According to the passage, the writer looks upon the anti-smoking wall-builder's actionsA) optimistically B) pessimistically C) unconcernedly D) skepticallykey:DDABDHealth Care ReformThis fall the country will be talking health care again-or at least should be talking about it-as Congress moves to change the principles on which Medicare and Medicaid were established 30 years ago. A writer with a taste for irony could scarcely conceive a better plot, and as one of those who wrote the Clinton plan, I confess it strikes me as more than ironic.Two years ago, Republicans were denouncing the secrecy surrounding the President's health care task force. This summer, Republicans have been meeting "behind closed doors" on a Medicare proposal scheduled to be released later this month, only a few weeks before Congress votes on it, thereby avoiding independent analysis of the costs, mobilization by opponents and other inconvenient aspects of a long national debate. Two years ago, the Republicans rang alarms about the Clinton plan's emphasis on managed care. Now the Republicans' own plans for Medicare and Medicaid emphasize managed care.But superficial similarities are deceiving. The reform plans of 1993 generally aimed to extend rights to health coverage and health care; The Republican proposals this year would retract rights that already exist. The debate two years ago reflected a widespread belief that the health care system needed reform. The Republicans, like many in the business world, now begin with the happy thought that the system is reforming itself and that Government needs to be more like the private sector.The health care system is certainly going through profound change. Health maintenance organizations and other forms of managed care are expanding rapidly. As managed care grows, demand for hospital care shrinks. Hospitals are merging, closing beds and cutting jobs; some new buildings stand vacant. The incomes of specialists in some areas are dropping, and primary-care practitioners are in demand. Once stubbornly independent physicians are selling their practices to hospitals and insurers or taking a fixed payment per enrolled patient and accepting the discipline of the corporation.1. What is the writer's attitude towards the Congress's move to change the principles on which Medicare and Medicaid were established 30 years ago?A) Ironic B) Humorous. C) Sympathetic D) Critical.2. The phrase "behind closed doors" in the second paragraph could best be replaced by which of the following?A) At home B) In secret C) In a room secure from attack D) In prison3. Republicans have been holding meetings "behind closed doors" in order toA) mobilize support from their opponents.B) Prepare for the upcoming national debate.C) Release their proposals without running into any troubleD) Discuss the Clinton plan in a detailed way.4. What are the Republican proposals aimed at?A) Extending rights to health coverage and health care.B) Providing every American with free medical treatmentC) Depriving many people of their rights to free medical treatmentD) Withdrawing rights that have existed for a long time5. Which of the following is NOT true of the development of managed care?A) Nurses are in great demand B) Physicians are no longer independentC) Some new buildings are vacant D) Demand for hospital care is on the decrease.。

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Belt has never traveled to England. （Wrong）2. Belt has never traveled to Antarctica. （Right）3. Belt has worked f or a number of magazines. （Not mentioned）4. Petra is a very old city in Jordan.（Right）5. Belt can only connect with English-speakers.（Wrong）6. People can connect with each other in bad weather. （Right）7. Volunteering is one way to begin a photography career.（Right）第二篇―Own‖ your Children’ s Education 1．According to the passage, parents should help their children with their homework．C．Not mentioned2．Y ou should read your child’s textbooks so that you can teach them．B．wrong 3．Children should always take a book with them on the way back f rom school and read it aloud．C．Not mentioned4．If parents show a lot of interest in their children’s study, the children will do better at school．A．right5．It is very important that you let your children know you f eel love and concern f or them．A．right6. Parents must observe classes regularly.C．Not mentioned7. Governmental support also pays a rol e in achieving academic success.C．Not mentioned第三篇TV Game Shows1. TV can make a beggar world-famous overnight.A.Right2.The principle behind―quiz‖or―game‖shows is to put ordinary people on TV to play a game f or prizes and money. B.Wrong3. Prizes and money f or winners are usually provided by TV stars and large companies.C.Not mentioned4. One of the TV personalities, Charles V an Doren, was proved to be cheating by persuading the Show’s producers to give him the answers bef orehand.B.Wrong5.The huge scandal of cheating on TV game shows was not exposed until 40 years later in the movie―Quiz Show‖. B.Wrong6. Nowadays game shows are not treated as seriously as they used to be. A.Right7. Winners of present-day TV game shows no longer get money f rom the shows. B.Wrong第四篇Smoking1). It is easy to determine whether smoking is hazardous. B.Wrong2). Smoking reduces one’s life expectancy.A.Right3). Smoking may induce lung cancer. A.Right4). There is evidence that smoking is responsible f or breast cancer. C．Not mentioned5). Male smokers have a lower death rate from heart disease than female smokers. B.Wrong6). Nicotine is poisonous. A.Right7). Filters and low tar tobacco make smoking safe.B.Wrong第五篇Plants.and Mankind1．It is logical that a detailed learning of plants and their properties must be extremely ancient.A. Right2．People cannot survive without plants.A. Right3.Tribes living today in the jungle of the Amazon teach botany to their children at school.B. Wrong4.Our direct contact with plants grows with the process of industrialization. B. Wrong5.Today people usually acquire a large amount of botanical knowledge f rom textbooks. B. Wrong6.People living in the Middle East f irst learned to grow plants f or f ood about 10,000years ago.A. Right7.Once mankind began f arming, they no longer had to get f ood f rom many varieties that grew wild. B. Wrong第六篇Brands1. ―Brand‖ is a general term which covers narrower terms such as ―brand name‖, ―brand mark‖, and ―trademark‖. A. Right2. A brand name is intended to impress customers with an attractive and original design while a trademark is intended to do so with a peculiar sound. B. Wrong3. Trademarks are protected by law while brand names are not. B. Wrong4. Some people identif y the brand mark with the trademark. A. Right5. Among various methods of classi f ying brands, the one based on ownership is widely accepted. A. Right6. Penncrest is a national brand. B. Wrong7. When classif ying brands, marketing people tend to employ the categories of―producer-owned‖ and ―middleman owned‖A. Right第七篇Moderate Earthquake Strikes EnglandA moderate earthquake struck parts of southeast England on 28 April 2007，1. During the April 28 earthquake，the whole England was lef t without power. B_Wrong2. The Channel Tunnel was closed f or 10 hours af ter the earthquake occurred. C_ Not mentioned）3. It was reported that one lady had got her head and neck injured，but not seriously. A_ Right4. France and several other European countries sent their medical teams to work side by side with the British doctors. C_ Not mentioned5. The country's strongest earthquake took place in London in 1580. B_ Wrong6. Musson predicted that another earthquake would occur in southeast England sooner or later. A_ Right7. It can be inf erred f rom the passage that England is rarely hit by high magnitude earthquakes. A_ Right 第八篇Easy Learning1．Babies can learn language even in their sleep．A．Right2．An infant can recogni ze a lot of vowels by the time he or she is a year old．C．Not mentioned 3．Finnish vowels are easy to distinguish．C．Not mentioned4．The three vowels mentioned in this article are all Finnish sounds．B．Wrong5．The study shows that the inf ant’s cerebral cortex is working while he is asleep．A．Right6. If an adult wants to learn a language f aster, he Can put a language tape under his pillow·B．Wrong7．Cheour’s f inding is worthless．B．Wrong 第九篇The First Settlement in North America 1．We know f or sure that colonization began at the end of the 15th century．B．Wrong 2．Among the early settlers in South America in the 16th century were Spanish traders．A．right 3．With John Cabot’s arrival at an island off the New England coast in 1497,the British Crown claimed to be the legal owner of North America．B．Wrong4．There were eighteen people on board the Matthew during its voyage tO North America in 1497．A．right5．The f irst attempt made by European people to settle down permanently in North America occurred in the 1580s．A．Right6．The name V irginia was given to North America by Sir Walter Raleigh．A．Right7．The name New England was given to the northern area of North America by the boss of one of the two V irginia companies．C．Not mentioned第十篇The Workers' Role in Management 1. Traditional worker’s showed no interest in management. C. Not mentioned2. In recent years many management specialists have been arguing f or the workers role in managem ent with two major reasons. A. Right3. Since policy decisions are business secrets of af irm, workers should not be inf ormed of them.B. Wrong4. Bef ore closing, a plant should put up a notice and keep it f or 90 days. B. Wrong5. The workers’ participation in management might save a plant f rom closing down. A. Right6. One of the advantages of involving workers in making a decision is that the interpersonal relationship between workers and managers can be improved. C. Not mentioned7. An ef f i cient and productive worker should be rewarded with anything but shares of his plant.B. Wrong*第十一篇Computer MouseThe basic computer mouse is an amazingly clever invention with a relatively simple design that allows us to1. Most computer users want to know how the computer mouse works. B_ Wrong2. According to the author，general computer users need not to know how the computer mouse was invented. C_ Not mentioned3. The computer mouse derives its name f rom the cable that goes out its body，which looks like the tail of a mouse. A_ Right4. The key components of a computer mouse are the two LEDs. A_ Right5. When an ordinary computer mouse gef s dirty，it has to be replaced with a new one. B_ Wrong6. The most durable computer mice on sale are the IBM ones. C_ Not mentioned7. The optical mouse is superior to the basic one in that the f ormer has no moving parts. A_ Right 第十二篇Starting a New Tradition Shantelle Davis is a nine-year-old girl in New York.1. Kwanzaa is celebrated at the end of the year.A.Right2. Kwanzaa is a holiday f or Af ri can-Americans.A.Right3. Kwanzaa is a very old holiday. B.Wrong4. People in Af rica celebrate Kwanzaa.C.Not mentioned5. People spend a lot of time with their families during Kwanzaa. A.Right6. Children receive presents at the end of Kwanzaa.A.Right7. Everyone thinks Kwanzaa is an important holiday.B.Wrong第三部分概况大意与完成句子第一篇The Making of a Success Story1 IKEA is the world's largest f urniture ret ailer, and man behind it is Ingvar Kamprad,1. Paragraph 2 ____. C. The origin of IKEA2. Paragraph 3____.D. Specialization in sellingf urniture3. Paragraph 4 ____. B. Success brought by the introduction of showrooms4. Paragraph 5 ____. E. Flat packaging –a f eature of IKEA5. Even when he was only a child, ____. C. Ingvar Kamprad showed interest in and talent f or doing business.6. ____, and years later becam e a big company specialized in manuf acturing and selling of f urniture.A. IKEA began as a small store selling all kinds of cheap things.7. Customers liked the idea of IKEA’s showrooms because ____. E. here they can see and try thef urniture they are going to buy.8. As f lat packaging saves money f or both IKEA and the customers, ____.B. it is highly welcomed by both第二篇The Paper Chase1. "Running a house is lot like running a business." says Stephanie Denton,1. Paragraph 2 ________ A. Find a Place to Work on2. Paragraph 3 __________ E. Get Rid of Unimportant Things3. Paragraph 4 __________ F. Dealing With Bills4. Paragraph 5 __________ C. What Is a Good Filing System5. Stephanie Denton is expert ___________.B. in paper chase6. Y ou can put your f ile cart anywhere you like, on condition ___________. C. that it is easily reached7. Coupons should be thrown away because _______. A. they are useless8. "Mentally f lexible" indicat es the f act __________.D. that dif f erent people have different requirements第三篇English and English Community1. There is no denying that English is a usef ul language.1.Paragraph 2 ___________F. The Def inition of a Speech Community2.Paragraph 3 ___________D. The Composition of the English Community3.Paragraph 4 ________A. The Wide Use of English4.Paragraph 5 ___________C. The Advantages of Learning a Second Language5.Only through the shared language_______. B. cana speech community be f orm ed6. The idea of the national boundaries is of ten different f rom______. A. that of a speech community7. Speakers are classi f ied into two groups_______.D. f or the sake of simplicity8. An understanding of English_______. E. has played an important role in the f ield of education第四篇Alaska1 In 1959 Americans welcom ed Alaska into the Union as the 49th state，symbolizing a change of attitude that hold in 1867，1. Paragraph 3________ F）Land and population2. Paragraph 4_________D）The natives of the land3. Paragraph 5________ C）Transportation problem4. Paragraph 6______ A）Rich resources of the state5. For as long as three months of a year，the sun ________ on the ice-covered land of Alaska.D. shines day and night6. According to statistics，_________ of the total area of Alaska has been used f or farming.E. only a very small percentage7. Alaska was originally part of Russia，but was bought _______. C. by the United States in the 19th century8. Gold did not bring to Alaska as much wealth__________ A. as f ish does第五篇US Signs Global Tobacco Treaty1 The United States has taken the f irst step toward approving a global tobacco treaty that promises to help control the deadly effects of tobacco use throughout the world11. Paragraph 1____B)US Signing of the FCTC2. Paragraph2___D)How the FCTC Come into Being3. Paragraph 3_____(A)What the FCTC Demands4. Paragraph4_____E) What the FCTC will bring about5. Signing the FCTC is only the f irst step toward__________.(B)approving it6. Countries that ratif y the FCTC will have to, among other things, __________.(D)restrict smoking in public places7. It is hoped that the FCTC will greatly help to reduce deaths__________.(E)caused by tobacco use 8. Much more countries have signed the FCTC than those that__________.(A)have rati f ied it第六篇How We Form First lmpression1 We all have f irst impression Of someone we just met. But why?1. Paragraph 2_____（D_ Comparing Incoming Sensory Inf ormation Against Memories）2. Paragraph 3_____ （C_ Illustration Of First Impression）3. Paragraph 4_____ （A_Ways Of Departure from Immature and Simplistic Impressions）4. Paragraph 5_____ (E_Threat ening Aspect of First Impressions)5. Sensory inf ormation is one that is perceived through_____. (E_the sights and sounds of the5world)6. Y ou interpret _____ by comparing it against the memories already stored in your brain.( D_the meaning of incoming sensory inf ormation)7. The way we stereotype people is a less maturef orm of thinking，which is similar to_____.(C_the immature f orm of thinking of a very young child) 8. We can use our more mature style of thinking thanks to_____.(B_the most complex areas of our cortex)第七篇How to Argue with Y our Boss1 Bef ore you argue with your boss, check with the boss’s secretary to determine his mood.1. Paragraph 2________ D. Don’t Go in When Y ou are Angry2. Paragraph 3________ E. Make the Issue Clear3. Paragraph 4________ C. Propose Y our Solution4. Paragraph 5________ B. Put Y ourself in the Boss’s Position5. If you want to ask the boss f or anything, it is important to f ind out f irst________. B. how he is feeling6. It is necessary to make clear to the boss_________D. what you really want to talk to him about7. It is not wise to present the boss with a problem___________ E. without suggesting a way to solve it8. Y ou must be considerate and think of the troubles__________ C. the boss may have第九篇Transport and Trade1 Transport is one of the aids to trade. By moving goods f rom places where they are plenti f ul to places where they are scarce，1. Paragraph 2 _________ B. Importance of transport in trade2. Paragraph 3 _________ A. Higher living standard3. Paragraph 4 _________D. Birth of transport-related industries and trade4. Paragraph 5 _________ E. Role of inf ormation in trade5. The development of modern means of transport _________. C. has greatly promoted trade6. Only when goods can be carried to all parts of the world quickly ___________. D. is it possible to produce on a large scale7. Transport has made it possible f or people to eat whatever f ood they want _________. B. at any time during the year8. In the trade of modern society the transmission of inf orm ation plays as important a role as ________.E. the transport of goods第十篇Washoe Learned Ameri can Sign Language .1 An animal that inf luenced scienti f ic thought has died.1. Paragraph 1▁▁C General Inf ormation about Washoe2. Paragraph 2▁▁B Report about Washoe's Progress in Learning Sign Language3. Paragraph 3▁▁E Debate on Chimps' Intelligence4. Paragraph 4▁▁A Reason Why Not Many Scientists Carry out This Research Nowadays5. Washoe could make signs to communicate----C when she wanted to eat6. Some scientists doubted---- A if the Gardeners' argument was sound7. Washoe taught three younger chimps sign language---- D while she was at a research center in Ellensburg8. The experimenters thought Washoe was intelligent---- E because she could use sign language to ask f or fruits*第十一篇Is There a Way to Keep the Britain's Economy Growing1．In today's knowledge economy，nations survive on the things they do best．1.Paragraph 2___E Gif t of talking2.Paragraph 3___ C Strength of the Creative Economy3.Paragraph 4___ D Weakness of the Creative Economy4.Paragraph 5___ B ―Servant‖ Economy5.Every country has its own way．__．C .to f eed its people6.The British government doesn't seem__．F to worry about the British economy7.The creative industries f ind it dif f icult__．E .to make a prof it8.Many graduates are employed__．B .to do low-skill lobs*第十二篇Intelligence: a Changed V iew1. Intelligence was believed to be a f ixed entity, 1. Paragraph 2 __________ C. Effect of Environment on Intelligence2. Paragraph 4 __________ A. Main Results of Recent Researches3. Paragraph 5 __________ F. A Changed V iew of Intelligence4. Paragraph 6 __________ E. Impact on School Education5.It was once believed __________, and thus we can tell how successf ul he/she will be in the f uture according to his/her intelligence. D. that intelligence was something a baby was born with6.More recent researches has shown that intelligence is only partly inherited _________. F. and partly has to do with a child’s living environment7.It can be inf erred from the passage that a child will _________if he has more opportunities to communicate with others by means of language. B. have a better chance to develop his intelligence8.Children were not just __________, but they can be taught to be more intelligent at school. A. born to be more intelligent or less intelligent6第五部分补全短文第一篇What We Take from and Give to the SeaAs long as we have been on earth, we have used the sea around us. We take from the ocean, and we give to it.We take f ishes f rom the ocean ― millions of kilograms of f ish, every year, to f eed millions of people. 1We even use their bones f or fertilizer.We take minerals from the ocean. One way to get salt is to place seawater in a shallow basin and leave it until it evaporates. 2Along with salt, other minerals are lef t after evaporation Much gold andsilver dri f t dissolved in the waters of the sea, too\ But the sea does not give them up by simple evaporation. Other gif ts f rom the sea are pearls, sponges and seaweed. Pearls become jewelry. 3Natural sponges become cleaning aids. Seaweed becomes f ood of many ki nds ― even candy, and ice cream ― as well as medicine. Believe it or not, f resh water is another gif t from the sea. We cannot drink ocean water. 4Some of its contents may cause illness .But ocean water becomes fresh water when the salts are removed. In the f uture, we will f ind ourselves depending more and more on f resh wat er f rom the sea.The sea gives us f ood, f ertilizer, minerals, water, and other gif ts. What do we give the sea? Garbage. 5We pollute the ocean when we use it as a garbage dump Huge as it is, the ocean cannot hold all the water that we pour into it. Dumping garbage into the ocean is killing off sea lif e^. Y et as the world population grows, we may need the sea and its gif ts more than ever.We are f inally learning that if we destroy our seas, we might also destroy ourselves. Hopef ully, it is not too late.第二篇、Teamwork in TourismGrowing cooperation among branches of tourism has proved valuable to all concerned^. Government bureaus, trade and travel associations ，carriers and properties^ are all working together to bring about optimum' conditions f or travelers.1Travel operators, specialists in the f ield of planning, sponsor extensive research programs.They have knowledge of all areas and all carrier services ，and they are experts in organizing different types of tours and in preparing effective advertising campaigns. They distribute materials to agenci es, such as journals, brochures" and advertising projects. 2They of f er familiarization and workshop tours so that in a short time agents can obtain f irst-hand knowledge of the tours.Tourist counselors give valuable seminars^ to acquaint agents with new programs and techniques in selling. 3In this way agents leam to explain destinations and to suggest dif ferent modes and combinations of travel-planes ，ships ，trains ，motorcoaches, car-rentals, and even car purchases.Properties and agencies work closely together to make the most suitable contracts, considering both the comf ort of the clients and their own prof itable f inancial arrangement.4Agencies rely upon the good services of hotels , and , conversely6 , hotels rely upon agencies , to f ul f ill their contracts and to send them clients.5The same conf idence exists between agencies and carri ers, including car-rent al and sight services. Carriers are dependent upon agencies to supply passengers, andagenci es are dependent upon carriers to present them with marketable tours. All services must work together f or greater eff iciency, f ai r pricing and contented customers.第三篇、"Happy Birthday to Y ou"The main problem in discussing American popular culture is also one of its main characteristics: it won't slay American. No matter what it is, whether it is f ilms, f ood and f ashion, music, casual sports or slang, it's soon at home elsewhere in the world^. There are several theories why American popular culture has had this appeal.One theory is that it has been "advertised" and marketed through Am erican f ilms, popular music, and more recently, television. 1But this theory f ails to explain why American f ilms, music, and television programs are so popular in themselves.They are, af ter all, in competition with those produced by other countries.Another theory, probably a more common one, is that American popular culture is internationally associated with something called "The spirit of America".2 This spirit is variously described as being young and f ree, optimistic and conf ident, inf orm al and disrespect f ul.The f inal theory is less complex ：American popular culture is popular because a lot of people in the world like it.Regardless of why it spreads^ ，American popular culture is usually quite rapidly adopted and then adapted in many other countries. 3As a result,7its American origins and roots are of ten quickly f orgotten.Happy Birthday to Y ou", f or instance, is such an everyday song that its source, its American copyright, so to speak 、is not remembered. Black leather jackets worn by many heroes in American movies could be f ound, a generation later, on all those young men who wanted to make this manly-look their own.Two areas where this continuing process is most clearly seen are clothing and music. Some people can still remember a time when T-shirts, jogging clothes, tennis shoes, denim jackets, and blue jeans were not common daily wear everywhere. Only twenty years ago, it was possible to spot an American in Paris by his or her clothes. No longer so: those bright colors, checkered jackets and trousers, hats and socks which were once made f un of in cartoons are back again in Paris as the latest fashion. 4American in origin, inf ormal clothing has become the world's f irst truly universal style.The situation with American popular music is more complex because in the beginning, when it was still clearly American, it was of t en strongly resisted. Jazz was once thought to be a great danger to youth and their morals, and was actually outlawed in several countries. Today, while still showing its rather Ameri can roots ，it has become so well established. Rock ' n，roll and all its variations, country & western music4, all have more or less similar histories. They were f irst resisted, of ten in America as well, as being "low-class," and then as "a danger to our nation's5youth". The BBC, f or example, banned rock and roll until 1962.And then the music became accept ed and was extended and developed, and exported back to the US.第四篇、The First Four MinutesWhen do people decide whether or not they want to become f riends? During their f irst f our minutes together, according to a book by Dr，Leonard Zunin. In his book, "Contact: The f irst f our minutes" ，he of fers this advice to anyone interested in starting new f riendships; " 1Every time you meet someone in a social situation, give him your undivided attention f or four minutes. A lot of peopl e's whole lives would change i f they did just that."Y ou may have noticed that the average person does not give his undivided attention to someone he has just met. 2He keeps looking over the other person's shoulder, as if hoping to f ind someone more interesting in another part of the room. If anyone has ever done this to you, you probably did not like him very much.When we are introduced to new people, the author suggests, we should try to appear f ri endly and self-conf ident. In general, he says, "People like people who like themselves'.，'On the other hand, we should not make the other person think we are too sure of ourselves. It is important to appear interested and sympathetic' realizing that the other peraon has his own needs ，fears, and hopes.Hearing such advi ce, one might say, "But I*m not a friendly, sel f-conf ident person. That's not my nature. It would be dishonest f or me to act that way."3In reply, Dr. Zunin would claim that a little practice can help us f eel comf ort able about changing our social habits.We can became accustomed to any changes we choose to make in our personality. "It is like getting used to a new car. it may be unf amiliar at f irst, but it goes much better than the old one,"But isn't it dishonest to give the appearance of friendly self-conf idence when we don't actually f eel that way? Perhaps, but according to Dr，Zunin, "total honesty" is not always good f or social relationships2，especially during the f irst f ew minutes of cont act. There is a time f or everything, and a certain amount of play-acting may be best f or the f irst few minutes of contact with a stranger^, That is not the time to complain about one's health or to mention f aults one f inds in other people. It is not the time to tell the whole truth about one's opinions and impressions.4Much of what has been said about strangers also applies to4relationships with f amily members and f riends. For a husband and wi f e or a parent and child, problems of ten arise during their f irst f our minutes together af ter they have been apart. Dr. Zunin suggests that these f irst f ew minutes together be treated with care. If there are unpleasant matters to be discussed, they should be dealt with later.The author says that interpersonal relations should be taught as a required course5in every school, along with reading, writing, and mathematics.5In his opinion, success in lif e depends mainly on how we get along with other people.That is at least as important as how much we know.8。