職稱英語理工類a級模擬38

職稱英語理工類A級模擬38

第1部分：詞匯選項(xiàng)

下面每個(gè)句子中均有1個(gè)詞或短語劃有底橫線，請為每處劃線部分確定1個(gè)意義最為

接近的選項(xiàng)。

1>Whentheheataccumulatesintheroom,itwillbecomesohot.

A.electsB.collectsC.selectsD.reflects

2、Thestainonhisshirtissurenottovanish.

A.disappearB,appearC,mixD.blend

3、Thecompulsorycoursesrefertothosethatyouhavetotake.

A.simpleB.voluntaryC.practicalD.required

4、Floodshaveunderminedthefoundationoftheancientbridge.

A.destroyedB.reachedC.broadenD,covered

5、Thoseshopsflourishedalongthehighwaybeingbuilt.

A.appearedB.gainedC.benefitedD.prospered

6、Ifinallysubmitmyreportbeforethedeadline.

A,handinB.handoutC,handonD,handback

7、Ithinktheyarequiteconfidentintheirconclusion.

A.certainB.worriedC.suspiciousD.doubtful

8、Heexpressedconcernthattheshipmightbeindanger.

A.worryB.difficultiesC.needD.danger

9、Shefinallyabandonedheroriginalmethodandtookanewapproach.

A.supportedB.promotedC.gaveupD.tiredof

10>Hismotiveforworkingsohardisthatheneedsmoney.

A.motivationB.solutionC.motionD.nature

11>Hedecidedtoquitsmokingbecauseofhiscough.

A.giveupB.putupC.setupD.takeup

12>Thepayofthisjobissomewhatlowerthanotherjobs.

A.muchB].veryC.alittleD.less

13>Hetriedtoavoidthebarriertohiscarryingouttheplan.

A.rootB.obstacleC.dangerD.advantage

[4、Thebehaviorisstemmedfromhisidea.

A.flowsB.comesC.watchesD.observe

15、Thepriceofthismachineisnotreasonable.

A.helpfulB.kindC.fairD.effective

第2部分：閱讀判斷

下面篇短文后列出7個(gè)句子，請根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容對每個(gè)句子做出判斷。如果該句提

供的是正確信息，請選擇A,如果該句提供的是錯(cuò)誤信息，請選擇B,如果該句的信息

文中沒有提及，請選擇c

WillHillaryBetheNextAmericanPresident?

Backin1969,USPresidentRichardNixonconfidentlypredicted：nInthe

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next50yearszweshallseeawomanpresidentzperhapssoonerthanyouthink.

Today,nottoofaroffNixon*sdeadline,Americaislookingatthat

possibility.Overtheweekend,HillaryRodhamClinton,wifeofformerpresident

BillClinton,announcedherrunfor2008presidency.

USpollsindicatethatAmericansfeelcomfortablewithafemalepresident.

ANewYorkTimessurveyfoundnearlyallAmericanssayingtheywouldvote

forpresidentifshewerequalified.

However,acceptingthetheoreticalnotionofafemaleleaderisquite

differentfromvotinganactualwoman.Infactzthereisstillwidespread

distrustofawomaninthetopposition.

Thisispartlyduetothebiasedthinkingthatwomenareweakonnational

security,thoughtheymightbestrongoneducationandhealthcare.Thisdamages

theirprospectsasapresidentialcontender.

"There*sstillaninherentnervousnessonthepartofvotersputtinga

womaninastheultimatedecision-maker.Controlofthearmyandbordersecurity

aresortsoftraditionallymalejobs,ncommentedAmyWalter,anAmerican

campaignanalyst."That*swhereithinkvotersconsciouslyorunconsciously

havedifficultieswithwomencandidates.n

WomenhaveheldthetopjobinothermajorWesterncountries.In1979,

BritainelectedMargaretThatcherprimeminister.Lastyear,Germanymade

AngelaMerkelitsfirstfemalechancellor.

IntheUS,nowomanhassucceededinbeingnominatedasapresidential

candidate.Onewomandidmaketheattempt：ElizabethDole.In1999,shetried

togettheRepublicanPartynomination.ButDolecouldonlyraise$5million

forherbidcomparedwiththe$56millionGeorgeW.Bushraised.

SoBarrierslieaheadforHillaryifshewantstomakehistorybybecoming

thefirstfemaleUSpresident.WiththeIraqiwarunderway,she111findit

evenharder.

"Idon11feelthatoursocietyisreadyforawomanpresident.Theenemy

wefacedoesnotrespectfemalesthesamewaywehavecometoseethemas

equals.Ifwewerenotinthiswar,Iwouldsupportawomanpresident,nsaid

ChrisDildy,acomputerengineeringstudent.

16、Uptothepresent,nowomanhasbeenelectedpresidentintheUS.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

17、BillClintonwillstronglysupportHillarytorunforthe2008presidency.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

18、AmericanpeoplewillelectawomanpresidentoftheUnitedStatesin2008.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

19>OneofHillary1scampaignpromisesistoreformthenation1shealthcare

system.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

20、Germanselectedawomanchancellorlastyear.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

21>Hillaryhasalreadyraisedalargeamountofcampaignfund.

A.RightB,WrongC.Notmentioned

22、ChrisDildywillvoteforHillary.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

第3部分：概括大意與完成句子

下面的短文后有2項(xiàng)測試任務(wù)：（1）第23?26題要求從所給的6個(gè)選項(xiàng)中為第2?5段

每段選擇1最佳標(biāo)題；（2）第27?30題要求從所給的6個(gè)選項(xiàng)中為每個(gè)句子確定1個(gè)最佳選

項(xiàng)。

IsThereaWaytoKeeptheBritain1sEconomyGrowing?

1.Intoday'sknowledgeeconomy,nationssurviveonthethingstheydobest.

JapanesedesignelectronicswhileGermansexportengineeringtechniques.TheFrench

servethebestfoodandAmericansmakecomputers.

2.Britainspecializesinthegiftoftalking.Thenationdoesn'tmanufacturemuchof

anything.Butithaslawyers,stylistsandbusinessconsultantswhoearntheirliving

fromtalktalkandmoretalk.TheWorldFoundationthinktanksaystheUK'sfour

iconicjobstodayarenotscientists,engineers,teachersandnurses.Instead,they're

hairdressers,celebrities,managementconsultantsandmanagers.Butcanallthis

talkingkeeptheBritisheconomygoing?TheBritishgovernmentthinksitcan.

3.Althoughthecountry'stradedeficitwasmorethan￡60billionin2006,UK's

largestinthepostwarperiod,officialssaythecountryhasnothingtoworryabout.In

fact,Britaindoeshaveaworld-classpharmaceuticalindustry,anditstillmakesasmall

sumfromsellingarmsabroad.Italsotradesservices—accountancy,insurance,

bankingandadvertising.ThegovernmentbelievesBritainisonthecuttingedgeofthe

knowledgeeconomy.Afterall,thecountryofShakespeareandWordsworthhasa

literarytraditionofwhichtobeproud.Rock'n'rollisanEnglishlanguagemedium,

andtherearebillionstobemadebytheircutting-edgebands.Inotherwords,the

creativeeconomyhasplentyofstrengthtocarrytheBritisheconomy.

4.However,creativeindustriesaccountforonlyabout4percentofUK'sexportsof

goodsandservices.Theindustriesarefindingithardtomakeaprofit,accordingtoa

reportoftheNationalEndowmentforScience,TechnologyandtheArts.Thereport

showsonly38percentofBritishcompanieswereengagedin"innovationactivities",3

percentagepointsbelowtheEUaverageandwellbelowGermany(61percent)and

Sweden(47percent).

5.Infact,itmightbebettertocallBritaina"servant"economy—thereareatleast

4millionpeople"inservice".Themajorityofthepopulationareemployedbytherich

tocook,clean,andtakecareoftheirchildren.Manygraduatesareevendoingmenial

jobsforwhichtheydonotneedadegree.Mostemploymentgrowthhasbeen,andwill

continuetobe,atthelow-skillendoftheservicesector-inshops,bars,hotels,domestic

serviceandinnursingandcarehomes.

A.GrowthofEconomy

B."ServantHEconomy

C.StrengthoftheCreativeEconomy

D.WeaknessoftheCreativeEconomy

E.GiftofTalking

F.ExportofTalkingMachines

23、Paragraph2______

24、Paragraph3______

25、Paragraph4______

26、Paragraph5______

A.tofindjobs

B.todolow-skilllobs

C.tofeeditspeople

D.tohandledisputes

E.tomakeaprofit

F.toworryabouttheBritisheconomy

27、Everycountryhasitsownway.

28、TheBritishgovernmentdoesn1tseem.

29、Thecreativeindustriesfinditdifficult.

30、Manygraduatesareemployed.

第4部分：閱讀理解

下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道題，每題后面有4個(gè)選項(xiàng)。請仔細(xì)閱讀短文并根

據(jù)短文回答其后面的問題，從4個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇1個(gè)最佳答案。

X第I，一篇4TTJ

AboutTurkey

SomeoftheconcernssurroundingTurkey1sapplicationtojointheEuropean

Union,tobevotedonbytheEU*sCouncilofMinistersonDecember17th,are

economic—inparticular,thecountry1srelativepoverty.ItsGDPperheadis

lessthanathirdoftheaverageforthe15pre-2004membersoftheEU.But

itisnotfaroffthatofoneofthetennewmemberswhichjoinedonMay1st

2004(Latvia),anditismuchthesameasthoseoftwocountries,Bulgaria

andRomania,whichthisweekconcludedaccessiontalkswiththeEUthatcould

makethemfullmembersonJanuary1st2007.

Furthermore,thecountry1srecenteconomicprogresshasbeen,according

toDonaldJohnston,thesecretary-generaloftheOECD,HstunningH.GDPin

thesecondquarteroftheyearwas13.4%higherthanayearearlier,arate

ofgrowththatnoEUcountrycomesclosetomatching.Turkey*sinflationrate

hasjustfallenintosinglefiguresforthefirsttimesince1972,andthis

weekthecountryreachedagreementwiththeIMFonanewthree-year,$10billion

economicprogrammethatwill,accordingtotheIMF1smanagingdirector,Rodrigo

Rato,"helpTurkey...reduceinflationtowardEuropeanlevels,andenhance

theeconomy1sresilience".

Resiliencehasnothistoricallybeenthecountry*seconomicstrongpoint.

Asrecentlyas2001zGDPfellbyover7%.Itfellbymorethan5%in1994,

andbyjustunder5%in1999.Indeed,throughoutthe1990sgrowthoscillated

likeanelectrocardiogramrecordingaviolentheartattack.Thisirregularity

hasbeenoneofthemainreasons(alongwithredtapeandcorruption)why

thecountryhasfaileddismallytoattractmuch-neededforeigndirectinvestment

Itsstockofsuchinvestment(asapercentageofGDP)islowernowthanit

wasinthe1980s,andannualinflowshavescarcelyeverreached$1billion

(whereasIrelandattractedover$25billionin2003zasdidBrazilinevery

yearfrom1998to2000).

OnedeterrenttoforeigninvestorsisduetodisappearonJanuary1st2005.

Onthatday,Turkeywilltakeawaytherightofvirtuallyeveryoneofits

citizenstocallthemselvesamillionaire.Sixnoughtswillberemovedfrom

thefacevalueofthelira；oneunitofthelocalcurrencywillhenceforth

beworthwhatImarenow,i.e.,about€0?53($0.70).Goodswillhavetobe

pricedinboththenewandoldliraforthewholeoftheyear,butforeign

bankersandinvestorscanbegintolookforwardtoatimeinTurkeywhenthey

willnolongerhavetojugglementallywithindeterminatestringsofzeros.

31>WhatisTurkey1seconomicsituationnow?

A.ItsGDPperheadisfarlaggingbehindthatoftheEUmembers.

B.Itsinflationrateisstillrising.

C.ItseconomygrowsfasterthananyEUmember.

D.Itseconomicresilienceisverystrong.

32、Wecaninferfromthesecondparagraphthat.

A.TurkeywillsooncatchtheaverageGDPlevelofthe15pre-2004EUmembers

B.inflationrateinTurkeyusedtobeveryhigh

C.Turkey*seconomywillkeepgrowingatpresentrate

D.IMF1seconomicprogramwillhelpTurkeyjointheEU

33、Theword''oscillated"(Line3zParagraph3)mostprobablymeans.

A.fellB.climbedC.developedD.swang

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34、SpeakingofTurkeysforeigndirectinvestmentztheauthorimpliesthat

A.it1sstockisfarlessthanthatofothercountries

B.itdoesnothavemuchinfluenceonTurkey*seconomicprogress

C.steadyGDPgrowthwillhelpTurkeyattractmoreforeigndirectinvestment

D.Turkey*seconomicresiliencereliesonforeigndirectinvestment

35、Wecandrawaconclusionfromthetextthat.

A.foreigninvestmentenvironmentinTurkeywillbecomebetter

B.Turkey1scitizenswillsufferheavylossduetothechangeoftheface

valueofthelira

C.thelocalcurrencywilldepreciatewiththeremovalofsixnoughtsfrom

thefacevalue

D.pricesofgoodswillgoup

弟―^扁

AmericanFirms

TheannualreviewofAmericancompanyboardpracticesbyKorn/Ferryza

firmofheadhunters,isausefulindicatorofthehealthofcorporategovernance.

Thisyear1sreview,publishedonNovember12th,showsthattheSarbanes-Oxley

Act,passedin2002totrytopreventarepeatofcorporatecollapsessuch

asEnron1sandWorldCom1s,hashadanimpactontheboardroom—albeitatan

averageimplementationcostthatKorn/Ferryestimatesat$5.1mperfirm.

Twoyearsago,only41%ofAmericanfirmssaidtheyregularlyheldmeetings

ofdirectorswithouttheirchiefexecutivepresent；thisyearthefigurewas

93%.Butsomethingshavebeensurprisinglyunaffectedbythebacklashagainst

corporatescandals.Forexamplezdespiteagrowingfeelingthatformerchief

executivesshouldnotsitontheircompany1sboard,thepercentageofAmerican

firmswheretheydohasactuallyedgedup,from23%in2003to25%in2004.

Also,disappointinglyfewfirmshavesplitthejobsofchairmanandchief

executive.AnothersurveyofAmericanboardspublishedthisweek,byA.T.

Kearney,afirmofconsultants,foundthatin200214%oftheboardsofS&P

500firmshadseparatedtheroles,andafurther16%saidtheyplannedto

doso.Butby2004only23%overallhadtakentheplunge.Asurveyearlier

intheyearbyconsultantsatMcKinseyfoundthat70%ofAmericandirectors

andinvestorssupportedtheideaofsplittingthejobs,whichisstandard

practiceinEurope.

Anotherdisappointmentistheslowprogressinabolishing"staggered"

boards—oneswhereonlyone-thirdofthedirectorsareupforre-electioneach

year,tothree-yearterms.Inventedasadefenceagainsttakeover,suchboardsz

accordingtoanewHarvardLawSchoolstudybyLucianBebchukandAlmaCohen,

areunambiguously"associatedwithaneconomicallysignificantreductionin

firmvalue".

Despitethis,thepercentageofS&P500firmswithstaggeredboardshas

fallenonlys1ightly—from63%in2001to60%in2003,accordingtotheInvestor

Responsibi1ityResearchCentre.Andmanyofthosefirmsthathavebeenforced

byshareholderstoabolishthesystemaredoingsoonlyslowly.Merck,a

pharmaceuticalcompanyintroubleoverthepossibleside-effectsofits

arthritisdrugVioxx,isallowingitsdirectorstoruntheirfulltermbefore

introducingasysteminwhichtheyareallre-elected(orotherwise)annually.

1

Othercompaniesstaggeredboardsareentrenchedintheircorporatechartersz

whichcannotbeamendedbyashareholders'vote.Anyonewhoexpectedthescandals

of2001tobringaboutrapidchangeinthebalanceofpowerbetweenmanagers

andownerswas,atbest,naive.

36、TheSarbanes-OxleyActismostprobablyabout.

A.corporatescandalB.corporatemanagement

C.corporatecostD.corporategovernance

37、Theword"backlash"(Line3,Paragraph2)mostprobablymeans.

A.aviolentforceB.astrongimpetus

C.afirmmeasureD.astrongnegativereaction

38、Accordingtothetext,separatingtherolesbetweenchairmanandchief

executiveis_______.

A.acommonpracticeinAmericancompanies

B.whatmanyEuropeancompaniesdo

C.amusttokeepthehealthofacompany

D.notapopularideaamongAmericanentrepreneurs

39、Welearnfromthetextthata"staggered"board.

A.isadversetotheincrementoffirmvalue

B.givesitsboardmemberstoomuchpower

C.hasbeenabolishedbymostAmericancompanies

D,canbevoteddownbyshareholders

40、TowardtheboardpracticeofAmericancompanies,thewriter'sattitude

canbesaidtobe_______.

A.biasedB.pessimisticC.objectiveD.critical

卯第-二-篇

ANewBook

Alldaylong,youareaffectedbylargeforces.Genesinfluenceyour

intelligenceandwillingnesstotakerisks.Socialdynamicsunconsciously

shapeyourchoices.Instantaneousperceptionssetoffneutralreactionsin

yourheadwithoutyouevenbeingawareofthem.

Overthepastfewyears,scientistshavemadeaseriesofexcitingdiscoveries

abouthowthesedeeppatternsinfluencedailylife.Nobodyhasdonemoreto

bringthesediscoveriestopublicattentionthanMalcolmGladwell.

Gladwell*snewbookOutliersseemsatfirstglancetobeadescription

ofexceptionallytalentedindividuals.Butinfactzit'sanotherbookabout

deeppatterns.Exceptionallysuccessfulpeoplearenotlonepioneerswhocreated

theirownsuccess,heargues.Theyaretheluckybeneficiariesofsocial

arrangements.

Gladwell1snoneontroversia1claimisthatsomepeoplehavemore

opportunitiesthanothers.BillGateswasluckytogotoagreatprivateschool

withitsowncomputeratthedawnoftheinformationrevolution.

Gladwell*sbookisbeingreceivedbyreviewersasacalltoactionfor

theObamaAge.Itcouldleadpolicymakerstofinallyrejectpoliciesbuilt

ontheassumptionthatpeoplearecoldlyrationalprofit-maximizingindividuals.

Itcouldcausethemtofocusmoreonpoliciesthatfosterrelationships,social

bondsandculturesofachievement.

Yet,Ican11helpbutfeelthatGladwellandotherswhosharehisemphasis

arepreoccupiedwiththecoolnessofthediscoveries.They'velostsightof

thepointatwhichtheinfluenceofsocialforcesendsandtheinfluenceof

theself-initiatingindividualbegins.

Mostsuccessfulpeoplebeginwithtwobeliefs：thefuturecanbebetter

thanthepresent,andIhavethepowertomakeitso.Theywereoftenshowered

bygoodfortunes,butreliedatcrucialmomentsuponachievementsofindividual

will.Thesepeoplealsohaveanextraordinaryabilitytoconsciouslyfocus

theirattention.Controlofattentionistheultimateindividualpower.People

whocandothatarenotprisonersofthestimuliaroundthem.Theycanchoose

fromthepatternsintheworldandlengthentheirtimehorizons.

Gladwell*ssocialdeterminismoverlookstheimportanceofindividual

characterandindividualcreativity.Anditdoesn*tfullyexplainthegenuine

greatnessofhumanity*stalents.Astheclassicalphilosophersunderstood,

examplesofindividualgreatnessinspireachievementmorereliablythanany

otherformofeducation.

41、Accordingtotheauthor,Gladwell1snewbookOutliersismainly.

A.abouttheimportanceofsocialarrangementstopersonalsuccess

B.adescriptivestudyofexceptionallytalentedindividuals

C.todiscusswhysomepeoplehavemoreopportunitiesthanothers

D.toexplainwhyBillGatesismuchluckierthanothers

42、ItcanbeseenfromParagraph5thatGladwell1sbook.

A.isbeginningtoinfluenceObama*spolicies

B.hasbecomequiteinfluential

C.hasreceivedseverecriticisms

D.assumesthatpeoplejustpursuemaximumprofits

43、Accordingtotheauthor,themostfundamentalindividualpoweris.

A.controlofattentionB.individualwill

C.agoodcharacterD.exceptionalcreativity

44、Theauthorbelievesthatindividualgreatnessismorecloselyrelated

to.

A.socialforcesandgenesB.goodluckandeducation

C.individualgenesandgoodeducationD.individualcharacterand

creativity

45、Thispassageisprobablya.

A.bookreportB.bookreviewC.politicalessayD.newsreport

第5部分：補(bǔ)全短文

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。

EinsteinNamed"PersonoftheCentury*1

AlbertEinstein,whosetheoriesonspacetimeandmatterhelpedunravel

（解決）thesecretsoftheatomandoftheuniverse,waschosenas"Personof

theCentury"byTimemagazineonSunday.

Amanwhoseverynameissynonymous（同義的）withscientificgenius,Einstein

hascometorepresentmorethananyotherpersonthefloweringof20thcentury

scientificthoughthatsetthestagefortheageoftechnology.nTheworld

haschangedfarmoreinthepast100yearsthaninanyothercenturyinhistory.

Thereasonisnotpoliticaloreconomic,buttechnological—technologiesthat

floweddirectlyfromadvancesinbasicscience,"wrotetheoreticalphysicist

StephenHawkinginaTimeessayexplainingEinstein1ssignificance.46

Timechoseasrunner-upPresidentFranklinRoosevelttorepresentthe

triumphoffreedomanddemocracyoverfascism,andMahatmaGandhiasanicon

（象征）foracenturywhencivilandhumanrightsbecamecrucialfactorsin

globalp