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1、職稱(chēng)英語(yǔ)理工類(lèi) A 類(lèi)分類(lèi)模擬題 2 (總分 100,考試時(shí)間 90 分鐘)閱讀判斷The Forbidden AppleNew York used to be the city that never sleeps. These days, it"s the city that never smokes, drinks or does anything naughty (at least, not in public).The BigAppleis quicklyturninginto the Forbidden Apple.If you wanted a glass of wine

2、 with your picnic in Central Park, could you have one? No chance. Drinking alcohol in public isn"t allowed. If you decided to feed the birds with the last crumbs (碎屑) ofyour sandwich,you could be arrested. It"s illegal ifyou went to a bar for a drink and acigarette, that would be OK, would

3、n"t it? Er. No. You can"t smoke in public in New York City. What"s going on? Why is the city that used to be so open-minded becoming like this? The mayor of New York is behind it all. He has brought in a whole lot of new laws to stop citizens from doing what they want, when they want.

4、The press is shocked. Even the New York police have joined the argument. They recently spent$100,000 on a "Don"t blame the cop" campaign. One New York police officer said, "We raise money for the city by giving people fines for breaking some very stupid laws. It"s all about

5、money."The result is a lot of fines for minor offences. Yoav Kashida, an Israel tourist, fell asleep on thesubway. When he woke up, two police officers fined him because he had fallen asleep on two seats (you mustn"t use two seats in the subway). Elle and Serge Schroitman were fined for bl

6、ocking a driveway with their car. It was their own driveway.The angry editor ofVanity Fairmagazine, Graydon Carter, says, "Under New York City law it is acceptable to keep a gun in your place of work, but not an empty ashtray." He should know. The police came to his office and took away hi

7、s ashtray ( 煙灰缸 ).But not all of the New York"s inhabitants *plaining.Marcia Dugatty, 72, said, "The city haschanged for the better. If more cities had these laws, Americawould be a better place to live." Nixon Patricks, 38, a barman, said, "I like the new laws, if people smoked

8、in here, we"d go home smelling of cigarettes."Recent figures show that New York now has fewer crimes per 100,000 people than 193 other US cities. And it"s true it"s safe, cleaner and more healthy than before. But let"s be honest who goes to New York for its clean streets?1.

9、Some activities have recently become illegal in New York.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned2. It is now illegal to smoke or drink alcohol anywhere in New York.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned3. Eating apples in the park is illegal.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned4. The businessmen like the new laws.A.

10、 RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned5. Elle and Serge Schoronitman parked their car on the public driveway.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned6. The editor of Vanity Fair magazine thinks some of the new laws are stupid.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned7. New York is cleaner and safer than before.A. RightB. Wr

11、ongC. Not mentionedModerate Earthquake Strikes EnglandA moderate earthquake struck parts of southeast England on 28 April 2007, toppling chimneys from houses and rousing residents from their beds. Several thousand people were left without power in Kent County. One woman suffered minor head and neck

12、injuries."It felt as if the whole house was being slid across like a fun-fair ride," said the woman.The British Geological Survey said the 4.3-magnitude quake struck at 8:19 a.m. and was centered under the English Channel, about 8.5 miles south of Dover and near the entrance to the Channel

13、 Tunnel.Witnesses said cracks appeared in walls and chimneys collapsed across the county. Residents said the tremor had lasted for about 10 to 15 seconds."I was lying in bed and it felt as if someone had just got up from bed next to me," said Hedrickvan Eck, 27, of Canterbury about 60 mile

14、s southeast of London."Ithen heard the sound of cracking, and it was getting heavier and heavier. It felt as if someone was at the end of my bed hopping up and down."There are thousands of moderate quakes on this scale around the world each year, but they are rare in Britain. The April 28

15、quake was the strongest in Britain since 2002 when a 4.8-magnitude quake struck the central England city of Birmingham.The country"s strongest earthquake took place in the North Sea in 1931, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale. British Geological Survey scientist Roger Musson said the quake took

16、 place on 28April in an area that had seen several of the biggest earthquakes ever to strike Britain, including one in 1580 that caused damage in London and was felt in France. Musson predicted that it wasonly a matter of time before another earthquake struck this part of England. However, people sh

17、ould not be scared too much by this prediction, Musson said, as the modern earthquake warning system of Britain should be able to detect a *ing quake and announce it several hours before it takes place. This would allow time for people to evacuate and reduce damage to the minimum.8. During the April

18、 28 earthquake, the whole England was left without power.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned9. The Channel Tunnel was closed for 10 hours after the earthquake occurred.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned10. It was reported that one lady had got her head and neck injured, but not seriously.A. RightB. Wrong

19、C. Not mentioned11. France and several other European countries sent their medical teams to work side by side with the British doctors.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned12. The country"s strongest earthquake took place in London in 1580.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned13. Musson predicted that an

20、other earthquake would occur in southeast England sooner or later.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned14. It can be inferred from the passage that England is rarely hit by high magnitude earthquakes.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentionedThey Say Ireland"s the BestIreland is the best place in the world to

21、 live in for 2005, according to a life quality ranking that appeared in Britain"s Economist magazine last week,The ambitious attempt to compare happiness levels around the world is based on the principle that wealth is not the only measure of human satisfaction and well-being.The index of 111 c

22、ountries uses data on incomes, health, unemployment, climate, political stability, job security, gender equality as well as what the magazine calls "freedom, family *munity life".Despite the bad weather, troubled health service, traffic congestion (擁擠 ), gender inequality, and the high cos

23、t of living, Ireland scored an impressive 8. 33 points out of 10.That put it well ahead of second-place Switzerland, which managed 8.07. Zimbabwe, troubled by politicalinsecurityand hunger, is rated the gloomiest ( 最 差 的 ), pickingup only3.89 points. "Althoughrising incomes and increased indivi

24、dualchoices are highlyvalued," the report said, "some of the factors associated with modernization such as the breakdown (崩潰 ) in traditional institutions and family values in part take away from a positive impact.""Ireland wins because it *bines the most desirable elements of th

25、e new with the preservation of certain warm elements of the old, such as stable family *munity life."The magazine admitted measuring quality of life is not a straightforward thing to do, and that itsfindings would have their critics.No. 2 on the list is Switzerland. The other nations in the top

26、 10 are Norway, Luxembourg, Sweden, Australia,Iceland, Italy, Denmark and Spain. The UK is positioned at No. 29, a much lower position chiefly because of the social and family breakdown recorded in official statistics. The US, which has the second highest per capita GDP (人均國(guó)內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值 ) after Luxembourg,

27、 took the 13th place in the survey. China was in the lower half of the league at 60th.15. For 2005 years, Ireland has been the best place for humans to live in.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned16. Job security is the least important measure of life quality.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned17. Cost of

28、living in Ireland is pretty high.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned18. Family life in Zimbabwe is not stable.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned19. Ireland is positioned at No. 1 because it combines the most desirable elements of the new with some good elements of the old.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned

29、20. To measure life quality is easy.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned21. The United States of America is among the top 10 countries.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentionedThe Need to RememberSome people say they have no memory at all: "I just can"t remember a thing!" But of course we all have

30、 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 exa

31、ctly what they have seen, for example, pages of a book, as a complete picture.Our verbal ( 言語(yǔ)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 situati

32、ons 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 memories: Our short-term memory stores items for upto thirty seconds enough

33、 to remember a telephone number while we dial. Our long-term memory, on the other hand, may store items fora lifetime.Older people in fact have a much better long-term memory than short-term. They may forget what they have done only a few hours ago,but have the clearest remembrance (記憶) of when they

34、 were very young.Psychologists tell us that we only remember few facts about our past, and that we invent the rest. It is as though we remember only the outline of a story. We then make up the details. We often do this in the way we want to remember them, usually so that we appear as the heroes of o

35、ur own past or maybe victims needing sympathy ( 同情 ).22. Visual memory helps us recall a place we have been to.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned23. Visual memory may be used when we read a story.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned24. Verbal memory helps us read words we have never heard.A. RightB. Wrong

36、C. Not mentioned25. Emotional memory is used when we perform physical movements.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned26. Animals do not have a long-term memory.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned27. Long-term memory is more important than short-term memory.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned28. Generally we re

37、member only a few facts about the past.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned Dining CustomEvery land has its own dining custom, and the United States is no exception. Americans feel that the first rule of being a polite guest is to be on time. If a person is invited to dinner at 6.30, the hostess expects

38、 him to be there at 6.30 or not more than a few minutes after. Because she usually does her own cooking, she times the meal so that the coffee and meat will be at their best at the time she asks the guest to come. If he is late, the food will not be so good, and the hostess will be disappointed. Whe

39、n the guest *e on time, he calls his host or hostess on the telephone, gives the reason, and tells at what time he thinks he *e.As guests continue to arrive, the men in the group stand when a woman enters and remain standing until she has found a chair. A man always rises when he is being introduced

40、 to a woman.A woman does not rise when she is being introduced either to a man or a woman unless thewoman is much older.When the guests sit down at a dinner table, it is customary for the men to help the ladies by pushing their chairs under them.Even an American may be confused by the number of knives, for