職稱英語等級考試綜合類A級試題 答案及題解

1、職稱英語等級考試綜合類a級試題 答案及題解第1部分：詞匯選項 (第115題，每題1分，共15分) 下面共有15個句子，每個句子中均有1個詞或短語畫有底橫線，請從每個句子后面所給的4個選項中選擇1個與畫線部分意義最相近的詞或短語。請將答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。1 these are the motives for doing it. a reasons b excuses c answers d replies2 the river widens considerably as it begins to turn west a extends b stretches c broadens d

2、bends3 many economists have given in to the fatal lure of mathematics a error b puzzle c attraction d contradiction4 with immense relief i stopped running a no b 1ittle c scarce d enormous5 a great deal has been done to remedy the situationa maintain b improvec preserve d protect6 john is collaborat

3、ing with mary in writing an article a cooperating b marrying c combining d arguing7 he will consolidate his power a strengthen b win c abandon d unite8 many scientists have been probing psychological problemsa solving b exploringc settling d handling9.hearing problems may be alleviated by changes in

4、 diet and exercise habitsa removed b curedc treated d lessened10 the conclusion can be deduced from the premisesa gone b derivedc done d come11 the food is insufficient for three peoplea scarce b shortc marginal d inadequate12 most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn a die b disa

5、ppear c migrate d vanish13 but ultimately he gave in a undoubtedly b certainly c finally d necessarily14 it is a complicated problem a strange b complex c difficult d unusual15 in britain and many other countries appraisal is now a tool of management- a evaluation b production c efficiency d publici

6、ty第2部分：閱讀判斷 (第1622題，每題1分，共7分) 閱讀下面這篇短文，短文后列出了7個句子，請根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容對每個句子做出判斷。如果該句提供的是正確信息，請在答題卡上把a涂黑；如果該旬提供的是錯誤信息，請在答題卡上把b涂黑；如果該句的信息文章中沒有提及，請在答題卡上把c涂黑。going back to its birthplace no sporting event takes hold of the worlds attention and imagination like the olympicgames the football world cup fascinates fans

7、 in europe and south america；baseballs world series is required viewing in north america；and the world table tennis championships attracts the most interest in asia but the olympics belong to the whole worldnow，after travelling to 17 countries over 108 years，the summer games are returning to athens，

8、the place where the first modern olympics was held participation in the games is looked on not only as an achievement，but also as an honour,the 16 days between august 13 and 29 will see a record 202 countries compete，up from sydneys 199. afghanistan is back，having been banned from sydney because the

9、 taliban government didnt let women do sportsthere is also a place for newcomers east timer andkiribati a total of 10500 athletes will compete in 28 sports，watched by 5 3 million ticketpaying viewers as well as a television audience of 4 billion athens is to use its rich history and culture to make

10、the olympics as special as possiblethe games will open with cycling events which start in front of the parthenon and acropolis monumentsthe final event will be a historic mens marathon following the 0rjgihal route l"un by phidippides in 490 bc to bring news of victory over the persians the anci

11、ent stadium at olympiafirst used for the games nearly three centuries ago，will stage the shot put competitionsand the panathenian stadium，where the first modern olympics was held，is to host the archery (射箭)events if the wellknown ancient sites deliver a great sense of history to the gamesthe 39 new

12、venues add a modem touch to the city of athens the main olympic stadiumwith a giant glassand steel roof，is the landmark(標志)building of the olympics“we believe that we will organize amagicalgames”said athens 2004 president gianna angelopoulosdaskalaki“our history with the olympic gaines goes back nea

13、rly 3,000 years, and athens 2004 could be the best ever”16 the world table tennis championships attracts the most interest in asian countries a right b wrong c not mentioned17participation in the oiympic games is looked upon as an honor as well as an achievementa right b wrong c not mentioned18 many

14、 state leaders will attend the opening ceremony a right b wrong c not mentioned19the games will open with cycling events because these events will take hold of the worldsattentiona right b wrong c not mentioned20 the first modern olympics was held nearly three centuries ago a right b wrong c not men

15、tioned21 the panathenian stadium is the landmark building of olympicsa right b wrong c not mentioned22 athens 2004 has been proven to be the best olympic games a right b wrong c not mentioned第3部分：概括大意與完成句子 (第2330題，每題1分，共8分) 閱讀下面這篇短文，短文后有2項測試任務(wù)；(1)第2326題要求從所給的6個選項中為第25段每段選擇1個正確的小標題；(2)第2730題要求從所給的6個選

16、項中選擇4個正確選項，分別完成每個句子。請將答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。even intelligent people can fail1 the striking thing about the innovators who succeeded in making our modern world is how often they failedturn on a light，take a photograph，watch tv，search the web，jet across the pacific ocean，talk on a cellphone(手機)the innovators

17、who left us these things had to find the way to success through a maze(錯綜復(fù)雜)of wrong tarns2 we have just celebrated the 125th anniversary of american innovator thomas edisons success in heating a thin line to whitehot heat for 14 hours in his lab in new jersey，ushe did mat on october 221879and follo

18、wed up a month later by keeping a thread of common cardboard alight(點亮著的)in an airless space for 45 hoursthree years later he went on t0 light up half a square mile of downtown manhattan，even though only one of the six power plants in his design worked when he tamed it on，on september 4，18823 “many

19、of 1ifes failures”the supreme innovator said“are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up”before that magical moment in october 1879edison had worked out no fewer than 3，000 theories about electric light，but in only two cases did his experiments work4 no one likes

20、failurebut the smart innovators 1earn from it mark gumz,the head of the camera maker olympus america inc，attributes some of the companys successes in technology to understanding failurehis popular phrase is：“y0n only fail when you quit”5 over two centuriesthe most common quality of the innovators ha

21、s been persistence that is another way of saying they had the emotional ability to keep up what they were doingwalt disney,the founder of disneyland，was so broke after a succession of financial failures that he was left shoeless in his office because he could not afford the us$150 to get his shoes f

22、rom me repair shop pioneering car maker henry f0rd failed with one company and was forced out of another before he developed the model t car6 failure is harder to bear in todays openaccelerated worldhardly any innovation works the first timebut an impatient society and the media want instant success

23、when american music and movie master david geffen had a difficult timea critic said nastily that the only difference between geffen records(geffens company)and the titanic(the ship that went down) was that the titanic had better music actually，it wasntafter four years of losses，geffen had 80 many hi

24、ts(成功的作品)he could afford a ship as big as the titanic an to himself 第4部分：閱讀理解(第3145題，每題3分，共45分) 下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道題，每道題后面有4個選項。請根據(jù)文章的內(nèi)容從每題所給的4個選項中選擇1個最佳答案，涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。第一篇 more than a ride to school the national education association claims“the school bus is a mirror of the community”they further add t

25、hat,unfortunately,what appears on the exterior(外部)does not always reflect the reality of a chosen communitythey are rightand sometimes it reflects more!just ask liesl denson riding the school bus has been more than a ride to school for liesl bruce hardysch001 bus driver for althouse bus company has

26、been liesls bus driver since kindergarten last year when liesls family moved to parkesburg，knowing her bus went by her new residence，she requested to ride the same bus this year liesl is a senior and will enjoy her last year riding the busshe says“its been a great ride so far!my bus driver is so c00

27、1 and has always been a good friend and a good listenersometimes when youre a child adults do not think that what you have to say is importantmrhardy always listens to what you have to say and makes you feel important”her friends ashley batista and amanda wolfc agree brace hardy has been making octo

28、rara students feel special since 1975this year he will celebrate 30 years working for althouse bus transportationcompany president。larry a1thouse acknowledges bruce hardys outstanding record“you do not come by employees 1ike bruce these days；he has never missed a day of work and has a perfect drivin

29、g recordrecognized in 2000 by the pennsylvania school bus association for driving 350，000 accident free miles，hardys reputation is made further evident through the relationships he has made with the students that ride his bus a1thouse further added“althouse bus transportation was established 70 year

30、s ago and has been providing quality transportation ever since my grandfather started the business with one busalthouse bus transportation is delighted to have the opportunity to bring distinctive and safe service to our local school and community and looks forward to continuing to provide quality s

31、ervice for many more years to come three generations of business is not all the company has enjoyedthanks to出ivers like bruce hardy,they have been building relationships through generationsliesls mother caroi also enjoys fond memories of riding bruce hardys bus to the octorara sch001 district31 the

32、word“mirrorin the first line could be best replaced by a “vehicle” b “device” c company” d “reflection”32 how long has bruce hardy been working for althouse bus transportation? a for 30 years b for 70 years c since last year d since 200033 which of the following statements is not true of bruce hardy

33、?a heisc001b he is a good friendc he is impatientd he has driven 350，000 accident free miles34 who founded althouse bus transportation? a larry althouse b althouses grandfather c liesls mother, d ashley batista35 what has althouse bus transportation been mainly aiming at? a making as much money as p

34、ossible b building up its fame c developing its business d providing the local community with quality service第二篇 dont count on dung conservationists(自然保護主義者)may be miscalculating the numbers of the threatened animals such as elephantssay african and american researchersthe error occurs because of a

35、flaw in the way they estimate animal numbers from the piles of dung(糞)the creatures leave behind the mistake could 1ead researchers to think that there are twice as many elephants as there really are in some regions according to andrew plumptre of the wildlife conservation society(wcs) in new york b

36、iologist katy payne of cornell university in ithaca，new york，agreeswe really need to know elephant numbers and the evidence that we have is quite indirect，”says payne，who electronically tracks elephants counting elephants from planes is impossible in the vast rainforests of central africaso research

37、ers often estimate elephant numbers by counting dung piles in a given areathey also need to know the rate at which dung decays because its extremely difficult to determine these rateshowever，researchers counting elephants in one region tend to rely on standard decay rates established elsewhere but r

38、esearchers at the wcs have found that this decay rate varies from region to region depending on the climate and environment using the wrong values can lead the census astray(離開正道)，says plumptre he and his colleague anthony chifu nchanji studied decaying elephant dung in the forests of cameroon they

39、found that the dung decayed between 55 and 65 per cent more slowly than the dung in the rainforests of neighbouring gabonif researchers use decay rates from gabon to count elephants in cameroon，they would probably find more elephants than are actually aroundthis could mean estimates in cameroon are

40、at least twice as high as those derived from decay rates calculated locally，says plumptre“however accurate your dung density estimate might bethe decay rate can severely affect the result” plumptre also says that the dungpile census should be carried out over a region similar in size to an elephants

41、 natural range the usual technique of monitoring only small，protected areas distorts numbers because elephants move in and out of these regions，he says“if the elephant population increases within the protected area，you can not determine whether 1t is a real increase or whether it is due to elephants

42、 moving in because they are being poached(入侵偷獵)outside” plumptre says that similar problems may also affect other animal census studies that rely on indirect evidence such as nests，tracks or burrows(地洞)36 the word“threatened”in the first sentence of the first paragraph could be best replaced by a en

43、dangered” b “frightened” c “killed” d “angered”37 why do researchers estimate elephant numbers in an area by counting dung piles? a because elephants are difficult to catch b because it is not possible to count elephants from a plane c because it is not possible to keep track of elephants d because

44、elephants are shy animals38 piles of dung cant be relied upon when it comes to estimating elephant numbers because a they are different in size b they scatter an over the region c they are different in decay rate d they are different in quality39 according to plumptre，the region over which a dungpil

45、e census is carried out should bea small enoughb well protectedc carefully monitoredd large enough40 the first word“he”in paragraph 6 refers to a andrew plumptre b katy payne c anthony chifu nchanji d the writer of the article第三篇 more than just money when patricia rochester decided to go back to sch

46、ool after ten years as a staff nurse at toronto western hospitalher employer not only cheered her onbut also paid her tuition and gave her a day off with pay every week to studythroughout her years at the hospital，rochester has also taken workshops on everything from coaching peers to career develop

47、mentcourses that she believes have helped her advance at work“im now head of the mentoring(指導)program for new hiresstudents and staff nurses”she says“theres a lot of room for personal improvement here” perhaps as important，rochester says her employer supports and values her workif you put in overtim

48、e”the nurse points out“you get your mealsthey11 order in pizza or greek food or chinese”and if staffers feel stiff and stressed from too many hours on the wardthey can call for a flee 15-minute shoulder-and-neck massage(按摩)or even sign up for an eight-week evening course on meditation skills and str

49、ess-reliefif thats not enough，employees can take advantage of five family days a year that can be used if the kids come down with the flu or an aging parent needs ferrying to an important doctors appointment and they have access to a range of perks(好處)such as special rates on hotel rooms，drugstore p

50、urchases，and scholarships for employeeschildren you might wonder how an organization can provide such resources and still survivebut university health network is one of a number of progressive employers in canada that have discovered that investing in staff is good business if such initiatives help

51、companies cut down on turnover(人員更替)alone，theyre well worthwhilesays prem benimadhu，a vicepresident at the conference board of canadait costs anywhere frmn$3300 to rehire support staff，an average$13，300 for technical staff and a whopping(巨資)$43，000 for an executive position，according to one study of

52、 conference board members innovative initiatives help companies attract talented employees，cut down on sick days(which cost canadian businesses an estimated$17 billion a year,or an average of$3，550 per employee)and keep employees more interested in their workwith the substantial talent shortage that

53、 already exists in canada and the prospect of mass retirement over the next five yearsas many as 50 or 60 percent in some sectorsbenimadhu says that intelligent employers are putting a renewed focus on the people who work for them41 when rochester decided to go to school，her employer a persuaded her

54、 to change her mind b fired her c cheered her on d discouraged her42which of the following is not mentioned as a way to ease ones stiffness and stress?a to take an eight-week evening course on meditation skills and stress-reliefb to call for a flee 15-minute shoulder-and-neck massagec to use five fa

55、mily daysd t0 ask for sick leave43 investment in staff has been motivated a to attract the publics attention b to reduce staff turnover, c to solve labor disputes d to show off financial resources44 canada has been short of a talented people b timber c flesh water d money45 in paragraph 2，the phrase

56、“come down withcould be best replaced by a “shake off b “get rid of' c “get” d cure”第5部分：補全短文 (第4650題，每題2分，共10分) 閱讀下面的短文，文章中有5處空白，文章后面有6組文字，請根據(jù)文章的內(nèi)容選擇5組文字，將其分別放回文章原有位置，以恢復(fù)文章原貌。請將答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。read with greater speed do you have difficulty reading in class?if so,a special reading program that helps match sounds with letters could speed up your brain at least one out of every five elementary school stude