职称英语考试《综合类》章节练习题精选及答案0516-96

1 职称英语考试《综合类》章节练习题精选及答案0516-103 1、Dyslexia As many as 20% of all children in the United States suffer from some form of the learning disorder called dyslexia. Experts on dyslexia say that the problem is not disease. They say that persons with dyslexia use information in a different way. One of the world's great thinkers and scientists, Albert Einstein was dyslexic. Einstein said that he never thought in words the way that most people do. He said that he thought in pictures instead. The American inventor Thomas Edison was also dyslexic. Dyslexia first was recognized in Europe and the United States more than 80 year ago. Many years passed before doctors discovered that persons with the disorder were not mentally slow or disabled. The doctors found that the brains of persons with dyslexia are different. In most people, the left side of the brain, the part that controls language is larger than the right side. In persons with dyslexia, the right’ side of the brain is bigger. Doctors are not sure what causes this difference. 2 However, research has shown that dyslexia is more common in males that in females, and it is found more often in persons who are left-handed. No one knows the cause of dyslexia, but some scientists believe that it may result from chemical changes in a baby's body long before it is born. They are trying to find ways to teach persons with dyslexia. Dyslexic persons think differently and need special kinds of teaching help. After they have solved their problems with language, they often show themselves to be especially intelligent or creative. One out of five American children suffers from dyslexia.【单选题】 A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned 正确答案:A 3 答案解析:题目中的关键词是one out of five和American children. 根据顺序出题的特点，我们很快在原文第1段中找到答案，其中one out of是20%的同义改写，American children是all children in the United States的同义改写，因此该题的答案为A。 2、Dyslexia As many as 20% of all children in the United States suffer from some form of the learning disorder called dyslexia. Experts on dyslexia say that the problem is not disease. They say that persons with dyslexia use information in a different way. One of the world's great thinkers and scientists, Albert Einstein was dyslexic. Einstein said that he never thought in words the way that most people do. He said that he thought in pictures instead. The American inventor Thomas Edison was also dyslexic. Dyslexia first was recognized in Europe and the United States more than 80 year ago. Many years passed before doctors discovered that persons with the disorder were not mentally slow or disabled. The doctors found that the brains of persons with dyslexia are different. In most people, the left side of the brain, the part that controls language is larger than the right side. In persons with dyslexia, the right’ side of the brain is 4 bigger. Doctors are not sure what causes this difference. However, research has shown that dyslexia is more common in males that in females, and it is found more often in persons who are left-handed. No one knows the cause of dyslexia, but some scientists believe that it may result from chemical changes in a baby's body long before it is born. They are trying to find ways to teach persons with dyslexia. Dyslexic persons think differently and need special kinds of teaching help. After they have solved their problems with language, they often show themselves to be especially intelligent or creative. Many great thinkers and scientists in the world are dyslexic.【单选题】 A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned 正确答案:C 5 答案解析:题目中的关键词为great thinkers and scientists，我们在第2段中找到答案所在句。但是通过对比发现，原文中的限制词是one of，而题目中却是many。再仔细阅读原文发现，文中仅提到爱因斯坦和爱迪生为读写困难症的患者，并未讲述除爱因斯坦和爱迪生以外的思想家和科学家的情况，因此该题的答案为C。 3、New Product Will Save Lives Drinking water that looks clean may still contain bugs, which can cause illness. A small company called Genera Technologies has produced a testing method in three stages, which shows whether water is safe. The new test shows if water needs chemicals added to it, to destroy anything harmful. It was invented by scientist Dr. Adrian Patton, who started Genera five years ago. He and his employees have developed the test together with a British water company. Andy Headland, Genera's marketing director, recently presented the test at a conference in the USA and forecast good American sales for it. Genera has already sold 11 0fits tests at $42,500 a time in the UK and has a further four on order. It expects to sell another 25 tests before the end of March. The company says it is the only test in the UK to be approved by the 6 government. Genera was formed five years ago and until October last year had only five employees; it now employs 14. Mr. Headland believes that the company should make around $19 million by the end of the year in the UK alone. The British government is helping Dr Parton to sell the tests abroad.【单选题】 A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned 正确答案:C 答案解析:本题的意思是：英国政府正帮助Parton销售这种产品。原文根本没有提到这一信息，故选C。 4、A Glass of Milk

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职称英语考试《综合类》章节练习题精选及答案0516-4

1、Robotic Highway Cones

A University of Nebraska professor has developed robotic cones

and barrels. ____

They can even be programmed to move on their own at any

particular part of the day, said Shane Farritor, an assistant

professor of mechanical engineering at Nebraska.

For example, if workers arrived at 6 am, the cones could move

from the side of the highway to block off the lane at that time.

And they can return to the original place at the end of the day.

"It just seems like a very good application for robots," Farritor

said. "The robotic cones would also help remove people from

hazardous jobs on the highway putting barrels and cones into

place," Farritor said in a report on his creation. Word on the

idea began in 2002 using a National Academy of Sciences grant .

The fund allowed Farritor to work on the project with graduate

1 职称英语考试《综合类》章节练习题精选及答案0516-128 1、G8 Summit Leaders of the Group of Eight Major Industrialized Nations (G8) will meet in Scotland in July this year. Representatives from China, India, Mexico, South Africa and Brazil have also been invited. Here＇s what the G8 leaders want from the meeting. British Prime Minister Tony Blair wants the G8 to cancel debt to the world＇s poorest countries. He wants them to double aid to Africa to 50 billion pounds by 2010. He has also proposed reducing subsidies to Western farmers and removing restrictions on African exports. This has not got the approval of all members because it will hurt their agricultural interests. On climate change, Blair wants concerted (共同的) action by reducing carbon emissions (排放). US President George W. Bush agrees to give help to Africa. But he says he doesn＇t like the idea of increasing aid to countries as it will increase corruption. Bush said he would not sign an agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions at the summit, according to media. The US is the only G8 member not to have 2 signed the Kyoto Protocol(《京都议定书》). Although the US is the world＇s biggest polluter, Bush so far refuses to believe there is sufficient scientific data to establish beyond a doubt that there is a problem. French President Jacques Chirac supports Blair on Africa and climate change. He is determined to get the US to sign the climate change deal. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder remains doubtful of Blair＇s Africa proposals. Schroder＇s officials have dismissed the notion that money will solve Africa＇s problems as"old thinking". Berlin says that African states should only receive extra money if they can prove they＇ve solved the corruption problem. Russian President Vladimir Putin was doubtful about the value of more aid to Africa. But he has seen a way to make this work to his advantage. Putin intends to use the aid to Africa as a springboard (跳板) next year to propose aid to the former Soviet Republics of Georgia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Moldova. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi＇s priorities are a seat on the UN Security Council, for which he will be lobbying (游说) at the summit. And he＇s concerned about the Democratic People＇s Republic of Korea＇s nuclear weapons 3 programme. Japan will reject blair’s proposal to increase aid to Africa. 【单选题】 A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned 正确答案:C 答案解析:根据主语Japan和Blair可以确定答案出自最后一段。最后一段叙述了有关日本的态度，但是原文并未提到日本是否会拒绝布莱尔的倡议。所以选C。 2、Why Is the Native Language Learnt So Well? How does it happen that children learn their mother tongue so well? When we compare them with adults learning a foreign 4 language, we often find this interesting fact. A little child without knowledge or experience often succeeds in a complete mastery of the language. A grown-up person with fully developed mental powers, in most case, may end up with a faulty and inexact command. What accounts for this difference? Despite other explanations, the real answer in my opinion lies partly in the child himself, partly in the behavior of the people around him. In the first place, the time of learning the mother tongue is the most favorable of all, namely, the first years of life. A child hears it spoken from morning till night and, what is more important, always in its genuine form, with the right pronunciation, right intonation, and right use of words and right structure. He drinks in all the words and expressions, which come to him in a flash, ever-bubbling spring. There is no resistance: there is perfect assimilation. Then the child has, as it were, private lessons all the year round, while an adult language-student has each week a limited number of hours, which he generally shares with others. The child has another advantage: he hears the language in all possible situations, always accompanied by the right kind of gestures and facial expressions. Here there is nothing unnatural, such as is often found in language lessons in schools, when one talks about ice and snow in June or scorching heat in January. 5 And what a child hears is generally what immediately interests him. Again and again, when his attempts at speech are successful, his desires are understood and fulfilled. Finally, though a child＇s "teachers" may not have been trained in language teaching, their relations with him are always close and personal. They take great pains to make their lessons easy. Adults’knowledge and mental powers hinder their complete mastery of a foreign language. 【单选题】 A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned 正确答案:C 答案解析:题干大意：成年人的知识和智力阻碍了他们对外语的掌握。该问题也是考查考生对事实的判断。利用答案线索6 词mental powers，我们可以很快在第一段第四句中发现mental powers。该句句意是：智力得到充分发育的成年人，在大多数情况下，对外语掌握得不好。但原文中并没提到“成年人掌握不好外语的原因”，所以可以判断文中没有提到与题干相关的内容。 3、Dyslexia As many as 20% of all children in the United States suffer from some form of the learning disorder called dyslexia. Experts on dyslexia say that the problem is not disease. They say that persons with dyslexia use information in a different way. One of the world＇s great thinkers and scientists, Albert Einstein was dyslexic. Einstein said that he never thought in words the way that most people do. He said that he thought in pictures instead. The American inventor Thomas Edison was also dyslexic. Dyslexia first was recognized in Europe and the United States more than 80 year ago. Many years passed before doctors discovered that persons with the disorder were not mentally slow or disabled. The doctors found that the brains of persons with dyslexia are different. In most people, the left side of the brain, the part that controls language is larger than the right side. In persons with dyslexia, the right’ side of the brain is

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职称英语考试《综合类》章节练习题精选及答案0516-34

1、Why Would They Falsely Confess?

Why on earth would an innocent person falsely confess to

committing a crime? To most people, it just doesn't seem

logical. But it is logical, say experts, if you understand what can

happen in a police interrogation room.

Under the right conditions, people's minds are susceptible to

influence, and the pressure put on suspects during police

grillings is enormous. In her experiment, participants were

seated at computers and told not to hit the "alt" key, because

doing so would crash the systems."The pressure is important to

understand, because otherwise it's impossible to understand

why someone would say he did something he didn't do. The

answer is: to put an end to an uncomfortable situation that will

continue until he does confess. "

Developmental psychologist Allison Redlich recently conducted