1、职称英语理工类 A 级模拟 84 及答案解析(总分：130.98，做题时间：90 分钟)一、第 1 部分：词汇选项(总题数：15，分数：16.00)1.The manager allocates duties to the clerks.（分数：1.00）A.assignsB.persuadesC.asksD.orders2.Alice laid her baby on the sofa tenderly and wrapped it with a blanket.（分数：1.00）A.silentlyB.softlyC.friendlyD.comfortably3.She felt that
2、 she had done her good deed for the day.（分数：1.00）A.actB.homeworkC.justiceD.model4.You startled me when you shouted.（分数：1.00）A.threatenedB.frightenedC.interruptedD.troubled5.She bumped into her boyfriend in town this morning.（分数：2.00）A.walkedB.cameC.fledD.ran6.It is laid down in the regulations that
3、all members must carry their membership cards at all times.（分数：1.00）A.suggestedB.warnedC.statedD.described7.She stood there, trembling with fear.（分数：1.00）A.jumpingB.cryingC.swayingD.shaking8.It is postulated that a cure for the disease will have been found by the year 2020.（分数：1.00）A.challengedB.ass
4、umedC.deductedD.decreed9.The dentist has decided to extract her bad tooth.（分数：1.00）A.take outB.repairC.push inD.dig10.She had a natural courtesy combined with unshakable conviction .（分数：1.00）A.suggestionsB.statementsC.claimsD.beliefs11.The room is gloomy but tidy.（分数：1.00）A.tinyB.pleasantC.darkD.agr
5、eeable12.According to the American Red Cross, blood and plasma donors are urgently needed after natural disasters or other catastrophes.（分数：1.00）A.typicallyB.conceivablyC.tentativelyD.desperately13.Medical facilities are being upgraded .（分数：1.00）A.renewedB.repairedC.improvedD.increased14.After the p
6、resident made an official announcement, she expressed her personal opinion.（分数：1.00）A.specialB.individualC.singleD.alone15.A lot of people could fall ill after drinking contaminated water.（分数：1.00）A.muddledB.pollutedC.mixedD.troubled二、第 2 部分：阅读判断(总题数：1，分数：20.00)The Need to RememberSome people say th
7、ey have no memory at all: “I just can“t remember a thing!“ But of course we all have 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
8、facts and places. Some people have such a strong visual memory, they can remember exactly what they have seen, for example, pages of a book, as a complete picture. Our verbal (言语的) memory helps us remember words and figures we may have heard but not seen or written: items of a shopping list, a chemi
9、cal formula, dates, or a recipe. With our emotional (情感的) memory, we recall situations 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
10、of these memories: Our short-term memory stores items for up to thirty secondsenough to remember a telephone number while we dial. Our long-term memory, on the other hand, may store items for a lifetime. Older people in fact have a much better long-term memory than short-term. They may forget what t
11、hey have done only a few hours ago, but have the clearest remembrance (记忆) of when they 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 d
12、o this in the way we want to remember them, usually so that we appear as the heroes of our own past or maybe victims needing sympathy (同情).（分数：20.02）(1).Visual memory helps us recall a place we have been to.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(2).Visual memory may be used when we read a story.（分数：
13、2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(3).Verbal memory helps us read words we have never heard.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(4).Emotional memory is used when we perform physical movements.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(5).Animals do not have a long-term memory.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.
14、Not mentioned(6).Long-term memory is more important than short-term memory.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(7).Generally we remember only a few facts about the past.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned三、第 3 部分：概括大意与完成句子(总题数：1，分数：25.00)DVD for Rent1Apay-for-play system for video DVD will emer
15、ge by summer as an alternative, and possibly a competitor, to the DVDformat currently available. 2The new system, called Digital Video Express (Divx), operates like a DVD player, except for the specially coded discs. These will cost $5 for initial viewing over a 48-hour period and can be viewed agai
16、n for additional fees and even purchased for unlimited viewing. 3Divx combines the service of a video rental (出租的) store with the operation of a pay-per-view TV channel. Unlike a rented videotape, though, the Divx disc needn“t be returned. Customers can retain the disc for replay in the future at an
17、 additional fee, or simply throw it away. 4Subsequent plays, or the purchase of unlimited-viewing rights, are billed to the customer“s Divx account and charged to a credit card. The player“s built-in memory keeps track of all Divx plays, and sends this information by toll-free phone modem (调制解调器) to
18、 the Divx record-keeping centre. Each Divx disc and player has a unique identification code, so the system knows which discs have been played and where. 5Some Divx discs could be converted for unlimited play at a price likely to be lower than buying a conventional DVD. Others, called Divx Gold, woul
19、d be sold from the beginning for unlimited play without further charge. Although conventional DVDs will run in a Divx player, conventional DVD players will lack the decoding and communications ability to play. Divx discs. Divx players will be offered by Panasonic, RCA, and Zenith. 6About 100 discs w
20、ill be available initially from Disney, Dreamworks, Paramount, and Universal, growing to 500 titles within a year. Other film makers have yet to adopt the Divx system, which is owned by retailer Circuit City, the 350-store electronics chain that bankrolled (提供资金) its development.（分数：24.96）(1).ABoomi
21、ng Business of Circuit City BSuperior Quality of Conventional DVDDiscs CThe New System Called Divx DUnlimited Play of Divx Discs EDisc-play Tracking and Billing Systems FTwo Functions Combined Paragraph 2 1（分数：3.12）(2).Paragraph 3 1（分数：3.12）(3).Paragraph 4 1（分数：3.12）(4).Paragraph 5 1（分数：3.12）(5).Awi
22、ll not be taken back by the shop Bis specially coded Cis bankrolled by Panasonic, etc Dis likely to be cheaper than the conventional DVDdisc Ehas been played and where Fis owned by retailer Circuit City The Divx disc is different from the rented videotape in that once offered, the Divx disc 1.（分数：3.
23、12）(6).Every Divx disc has a special code so that the rental shop can identify which disc 1.（分数：3.12）(7).If converted for unlimited use, the Divx disc 1.（分数：3.12）(8).The conventional DVD player cannot play any Divx disc because the disc 1.（分数：3.12）四、第 4 部分：阅读理解(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、第一篇(总题数：1，分数：15.00)Pee
24、l WatchSwimmers can drown in busy swimming pools when lifeguards fail to notice that they are in trouble. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents says that on average 15 people drown in British pools each year, but many more suffer major injury after getting into difficulties. Now a French
25、 company has developed an artificial intelligence system called Poseidon that sounds the alarm when it sees someone in danger of drowning. When a swimmer sinks towards the bottom of the pool, the new system sends an alarm signal to a poolside monitoring station and a lifeguard“s pager. “In trials at
26、 a pool in Ancenis, near Nantes, it saved a life within just a few months,“ says Alistair McQuade, a spokesman for its maker, Poseidon Technologies. Poseidon keeps watch through a network of underwater and overheard video cameras. AI software analyses the images to work out swimmers trajectories (轨道
27、，轨线). To do this reliably, it has to tell the difference between a swimmer and the shadow of someone being cast onto the bottom or side of the pool. “The underwater environment is a very dynamic one, with many shadows and reflections dancing around,“ says McQuade. The software does this by “projecti
28、ng“ a shape in its field of view onto an image of the far wall of the pool. It does the same with an image from another camera viewing the shape from a different angle. If the two projections are in the same position, the shape is identified as a shadow and is ignored. But if they are different, the
29、 shape is a swimmer and so the system follows its trajectory. To pick out potential drowning victims, anyone in the water who starts to descend slowly is added to the software“s “pre-alert“ list, says McQuade. Swimmers who then stay immobile on the pool bottom for 5 seconds or more are considered in
30、 danger of drowning. Poseidon double-checks that the image really is of a swimmer, not a shadow, by seeing whether it obscures the pool“s floor texture when viewed from overhead. If so, it alerts the lifeguard, showing the swimmer“s location on a poolside screen. The first full-scale Poseidon system
31、 will be officially opened next week at a pool in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. One man who is impressed with the idea is Travor Baylis, inventor of the clockwork radio. Baylis runs a company that installs swimming poolsand he was once an underwater escapologist (表演脱身术的人) with a circus. “I say full
32、 marks to them if this works and can save lives,“ he says. But he adds that any local authority spending 230,000plus on a Poseidon system ought to be investing similar amounts in teaching children to swim.（分数：15.00）(1).AI means the same as _.（分数：3.00）A.an imageB.an ideaC.anyone in the waterD.artific
33、ial intelligence(2).What is required of AI software to save a life?（分数：3.00）A.It must be able to swim.B.It must keep walking round the pool.C.It can distinguish between a swimmer and a shadow.D.It can save a life within a few months.(3).How does Poseidon save a life?（分数：3.00）A.He plunges into the po
34、ol.B.It alerts the lifeguard.C.He cries for help.D.It rushes to the pool.(4).Which of the following statements about Trevor Baylis is NOT true?（分数：3.00）A.He runs.B.He invented the clockwork radio.C.He was once an entertainer.D.He runs a company.(5).The word “considered“ in Paragraph 5 could be best
35、replaced by _.（分数：3.00）A.thoughtB.ratedC.regardedD.believed六、第二篇(总题数：1，分数：15.00)Can Buildings Be Designed to Resist Terrorist Attack?In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, structural engineers are trying hard to solve a question that a month ago would have been completel
36、y unthinkable: Can buildings be designed to withstand catastrophic blasts (爆炸) inflicted by terrorists? Ten days after the terrorist attacks on the twin towers, structural engineers from the University at Buffalo and the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) headquarte
37、red (总部在某地) at UB traveled to ground zero as part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation. Visiting the site as part of an MCEER reconnaissance (事先考查) visit, they spent two days beginning the task of formulating ideas about how to design such structures and to search for clues on how
38、to do so in buildings that were damaged but still are standing. “Our objective in visiting ground zero was to go and look at the buildings surrounding the World Trade Center, those buildings that are still standing, but that sustained damage,“ said M. Bruneau, Ph.D. “Our immediate hope is that we ca
39、n develop a better understanding as to why those buildings remain standing, while our long-term goal is to see whether earthquake engineering technologies can be married to existing technologies to achieve enhanced performance of buildings in the event of terrorist attacks,“ he added. Photographs ta
40、ken by the investigators demonstrate in startling (惊人的) detail the monumental damage inflicted on the World Trade Center towers and buildings in the vicinity. One building a block away from the towers remains standing, but was badly damaged. “This building is many meters away from the World Trade Ce
41、nter and yet we see a column there that used to be part of that building,“ explained A. Whittaker, Ph. D. “The column became a missile that shot across the road, through the window and through the floor.“ The visit to the area also revealed some surprises, according to the engineers. For example, th
42、e floor framing system in one of the adjacent buildings was quite rugged, allowing floors that were pierced by tons of falling debris to remain intact. “Highly redundant ductile (有延展性的) framing systems may provide a simple, but robust strategy for blast resistance,“ he added. Other strategies may in
43、clude providing alternate paths for gravity loads in the event that a load-bearing column fails. “We also need a better understanding of the mechanism of collapse,“ said A. Whittaker. “We need to find out what causes a building to collapse and how you can predict it.“ A. Reinhorn, Ph. D. noted that
44、“Earthquake shaking has led to the collapse of many buildings in the past. It induces dynamic response and extremely high stresses and deformations in structural components. Solutions developed for earthquake-resistant design may be directly applicable to blast engineering and terrorist-resistant de
45、sign. Part of our mission now at UB is to transfer these solutions and to develop new ones where none exist at present.“（分数：15.00）(1).The question raised in the first paragraph is one _.（分数：3.00）A.that was asked by structural engineers a month agoB.that is too difficult for structural engineers to a
46、nswer even nowC.that was never imagined before the terrorist attackD.that terrorists are eager to find a solution to(2).The project funded by the National Science Foundation _.（分数：3.00）A.was first proposed by some engineers at UBB.took about two days to completeC.was to investigate the damage caused
47、 by the terrorist attackD.was to find out why some buildings could survive the blasts(3).The column mentioned by Dr. Whittaker _.（分数：3.00）A.was part of the building close to the World Trade CenterB.was part of the World Trade CenterC.was shot through the window and the floor of the World Trade Cente
48、rD.damaged many buildings in the vicinity of the World Trade Center(4).A surprising discovery made by the investigators during their visit to ground zero is that _.（分数：3.00）A.floors in the adjacent building remain undamagedB.some floor framing systems demonstrate resistance to explosionC.simple floo
49、r framing systems are more blast resistantD.floors in one of the adjacent buildings were pierced by tons of debris(5).What Dr. Reinhorn said in the last paragraph may imply all the following EXCEPT that _.（分数：3.00）A.blast engineers should develop new solutions for terrorist-resistant designB.blast engineering can borrow technologies developed for earthquake-resistant designC.solutions developed for earthquake-resistant design may apply to terrorist-resistant designD.blast engineering emerges as a new branch of science七、第三篇(总题数：1，分数：15
