1、职称英语理工类 C 类-补全短文专项突破及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、补全短文(总题数：4，分数：100.00)Farmers MarketsCharlotte Hollins knows she faces a battle. The 23-year-old British farmer and her 21-year-old brother Ben are fighting to save the farm from developers that their father worked on since he was 14. (1) “You dont oft
2、en get a day off. Supermarkets put a lot of pressure on farmers to keep prices down. With fewer people working on farms it can be isolating,“ she said. “There is a high rate of suicide and farming will never make you rich! “Oliver Robinson, 25, grew up on a farm in Yorkshire. (2) “Im sure dad hoped
3、Id stay,“ he said. “I guess its a nice, straightforward life, but it doesnt appeal. For young, ambitious people, farm life would be a hard world. “ For Robinson, farming doesnt offer much “in terms of money or lifestyle. “ Hollins agrees that economics stops people from pursuing farming rewards: “pr
4、oviding for a vital human need, while working outdoors with nature. “Farming is a big political issue in the UK. (3) The 2001 foot and mouth crisis closed thousands of farms, stopped meat exports, and raised public consciousness of troubles in UK farming.Jamie Olivers 2005 campaign to get children t
5、o eat healthily also highlighted the issue. This national concern spells (带来) hope for farmers competing with powerful supermarkets. (4) “I started going to Farmers Markets in direct defiance (蔑视) of the big supermarkets. (5) Its terrible,“ said Londoner Michael Samson.ABut he never considered stayi
6、ng on his father and grandfathers land.BWhile most people buy food from the big supermarkets, hundreds of independent Farmers Markets are becoming popular.CWhile confident they will succeed, she lists farmings many challenges.DYoung people prefer to live in cities.EI seriously objected to the super-
7、sizing of everythingwhat exactly DO they put on our apples to make them so big and red?F“Buy British“ campaigns urge (鼓励) consumers not to buy cheaper imported foods.（分数：25.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_The RoadrunnerThe roadrunner (走雀) lives in the desert zone of the southwestern United Sta
8、tes and northern Mexico. (1) People gave it its name because they usually see it running across a road, but of course, it spends more time among the plants of the desert than it does on roads.The roadrunner is quite a large birdabout 45 centimeters long and 25 centimeters high. (2) It holds its head
9、 straight out in front and its tail sticks straight out in back. It takes long steps and can run 30 kilometers an hour.It eats an amazing variety of food. Although it eats plants once in a while, it is mostly a meat eater. Most of its diet is insects, but it also catches birds, mice, and other small
10、 animals. It is even brave enough to catch snakes and black widow spiders (蛛).(3) When he finds one, he gives her presentsa snake to eat or a tiny branch of a tree to use in building a nest. Then they build their nest, the female lays eggs, and they raise their young.(4) One couple in Arizona feeds
11、a pair of roadrunners that come once at a time every day and make a noise outside the window. If someone doesnt give the bird a piece of hamburger immediately, the bird knocks on the window with its beak (喙). Roadrunners are not shy.(5) They will stand on a chair or table and watch television, and t
12、hey seem really interested in what is happening on the program.ARoadrunners can also become friendly with people.BPeople laugh when it runs because it looks so funny.CIt is a bird, but it can only fly about as much as a chicken can.DIn early spring, the bird doesnt eat anything.EAnother couple feeds
13、 a pair of roadrunners that go right into the house.FIn the spring, a male roadrunner begins looking for a female as a mate.（分数：25.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_Caribbean IslandsWhat would you see if you took a cruise to the Caribbean Islands? Palm trees and coconuts (椰子)? White beaches and
14、clear, blue ocean? Colorful corals (珊瑚) and even more colorful fishes and birds?You bet. There are thousands of islands in the Caribbean Sea. They are famous for their warm, tropical climate and great natural beauty.The Caribbean Islands form a chain that separates the Caribbean Sea from the rest of
15、 the Atlantic Ocean. (1) Many of the islands were formed by the eruption (爆发) of ancient volcanoes (火山). Others are low-lying coral islands that gradually rose from the ocean.The Caribbean Islands are known by several names. (2) The explorer Christopher Columbus called the islands the Indies in 1492
16、 because he thought he was near the coast of India. Later, Spain and France called the islands the Antilles.There are four large islands in the Caribbean Sea. (3) These four islands are often called the Greater Antilles. Together, they account for about 90 per cent of the land area of the Caribbean
17、Islands.The rest of the Caribbean Islands are much smaller. (4) You can see why pirates such as the famous Blackbeard sailed these waters. There are countless small islands to bury treasure or hide on.The weather of the Caribbean Sea is almost always warm and sunny. Sandy beaches line the coasts of
18、many islands. (5) Many tourists arrive on cruise ships.ABut life on the Caribbean Islands is not always paradise.BThe earliest name used by Europeans is the Indies, later changed to the West Indies.CTheyre like a long necklace that stretches between North and South America.DThey are Cuba, Puerto Ric
19、o, Jamaica, and Hispaniola.EThis is why millions of tourists visit the islands each year.FSome of these islands are no more than tiny slivers (小片) of exposed coral.（分数：25.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_The Joy of Living AloneMore and more Americans are living alone. Some live alone because of
20、 divorce or the death of a partner. (1) According to a recent U.S. census (人口普查), 25 per cent of all households in the U.S. are made up of just one person. This is a dramatic change from the extended families of just a couple of generations ago.The typical person living alone is neither old nor lone
21、ly. (2) The majority of these people have chosen to live alone. They are responding to decreasing social pressure to get married and have a family.Its now socially acceptable, even fashionable, to live alone. As people get better jobs and become financially independent, it becomes possible for them
22、to maintain a one-person household. (3) However, people who do get married are marrying at a later age and divorcing more often.The number one reason given by most people for living alone is that they simply enjoy doing what they want when they want to do it. “Living alone is a luxury,“ says Nina Ha
23、giwara, 38. “Once you do it, you cant ever go back to living with others. “ David CDebaca, 46, agrees. (4) Children think that being grown up means being able to do exactly as they please. (5) The chance to discover whether that freedom is as wonderful as it sounds is a chance more and more American
24、s are taking.ATheres more pressure to get married nowadays.BThe growing number of women with good jobs has done much to increase the number of people living alone.CHowever, even more people are living alone because they have chosen to.DIt seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that childhood
25、dream.EIn fact, a quarter of the 23 million single people in the U.S. are under the age of 35.FHe says, “I like being by myself. /（分数：25.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_职称英语理工类 C 类-补全短文专项突破答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、补全短文(总题数：4，分数：100.00)Farmers MarketsCharlotte Hollins knows she faces a battl
26、e. The 23-year-old British farmer and her 21-year-old brother Ben are fighting to save the farm from developers that their father worked on since he was 14. (1) “You dont often get a day off. Supermarkets put a lot of pressure on farmers to keep prices down. With fewer people working on farms it can
27、 be isolating,“ she said. “There is a high rate of suicide and farming will never make you rich! “Oliver Robinson, 25, grew up on a farm in Yorkshire. (2) “Im sure dad hoped Id stay,“ he said. “I guess its a nice, straightforward life, but it doesnt appeal. For young, ambitious people, farm life wou
28、ld be a hard world. “ For Robinson, farming doesnt offer much “in terms of money or lifestyle. “ Hollins agrees that economics stops people from pursuing farming rewards: “providing for a vital human need, while working outdoors with nature. “Farming is a big political issue in the UK. (3) The 2001
29、foot and mouth crisis closed thousands of farms, stopped meat exports, and raised public consciousness of troubles in UK farming.Jamie Olivers 2005 campaign to get children to eat healthily also highlighted the issue. This national concern spells (带来) hope for farmers competing with powerful superma
30、rkets. (4) “I started going to Farmers Markets in direct defiance (蔑视) of the big supermarkets. (5) Its terrible,“ said Londoner Michael Samson.ABut he never considered staying on his father and grandfathers land.BWhile most people buy food from the big supermarkets, hundreds of independent Farmers
31、Markets are becoming popular.CWhile confident they will succeed, she lists farmings many challenges.DYoung people prefer to live in cities.EI seriously objected to the super-sizing of everythingwhat exactly DO they put on our apples to make them so big and red?F“Buy British“ campaigns urge (鼓励) cons
32、umers not to buy cheaper imported foods.（分数：25.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：C）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：A）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）解析：The RoadrunnerThe roadrunner (走雀) lives in the desert zone of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. (1) People gave it its name because they
33、usually see it running across a road, but of course, it spends more time among the plants of the desert than it does on roads.The roadrunner is quite a large birdabout 45 centimeters long and 25 centimeters high. (2) It holds its head straight out in front and its tail sticks straight out in back. I
34、t takes long steps and can run 30 kilometers an hour.It eats an amazing variety of food. Although it eats plants once in a while, it is mostly a meat eater. Most of its diet is insects, but it also catches birds, mice, and other small animals. It is even brave enough to catch snakes and black widow
35、spiders (蛛).(3) When he finds one, he gives her presentsa snake to eat or a tiny branch of a tree to use in building a nest. Then they build their nest, the female lays eggs, and they raise their young.(4) One couple in Arizona feeds a pair of roadrunners that come once at a time every day and make
36、a noise outside the window. If someone doesnt give the bird a piece of hamburger immediately, the bird knocks on the window with its beak (喙). Roadrunners are not shy.(5) They will stand on a chair or table and watch television, and they seem really interested in what is happening on the program.ARo
37、adrunners can also become friendly with people.BPeople laugh when it runs because it looks so funny.CIt is a bird, but it can only fly about as much as a chicken can.DIn early spring, the bird doesnt eat anything.EAnother couple feeds a pair of roadrunners that go right into the house.FIn the spring
38、, a male roadrunner begins looking for a female as a mate.（分数：25.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：C）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：A）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）解析：Caribbean IslandsWhat would you see if you took a cruise to the Caribbean Islands? Palm trees and coconuts (椰子)? White beaches and clear,
39、 blue ocean? Colorful corals (珊瑚) and even more colorful fishes and birds?You bet. There are thousands of islands in the Caribbean Sea. They are famous for their warm, tropical climate and great natural beauty.The Caribbean Islands form a chain that separates the Caribbean Sea from the rest of the A
40、tlantic Ocean. (1) Many of the islands were formed by the eruption (爆发) of ancient volcanoes (火山). Others are low-lying coral islands that gradually rose from the ocean.The Caribbean Islands are known by several names. (2) The explorer Christopher Columbus called the islands the Indies in 1492 becau
41、se he thought he was near the coast of India. Later, Spain and France called the islands the Antilles.There are four large islands in the Caribbean Sea. (3) These four islands are often called the Greater Antilles. Together, they account for about 90 per cent of the land area of the Caribbean Island
42、s.The rest of the Caribbean Islands are much smaller. (4) You can see why pirates such as the famous Blackbeard sailed these waters. There are countless small islands to bury treasure or hide on.The weather of the Caribbean Sea is almost always warm and sunny. Sandy beaches line the coasts of many i
43、slands. (5) Many tourists arrive on cruise ships.ABut life on the Caribbean Islands is not always paradise.BThe earliest name used by Europeans is the Indies, later changed to the West Indies.CTheyre like a long necklace that stretches between North and South America.DThey are Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jam
44、aica, and Hispaniola.EThis is why millions of tourists visit the islands each year.FSome of these islands are no more than tiny slivers (小片) of exposed coral.（分数：25.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：C）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：B）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：D）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：F）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：E）解析：The Joy of Living AloneMore and more
45、Americans are living alone. Some live alone because of divorce or the death of a partner. (1) According to a recent U.S. census (人口普查), 25 per cent of all households in the U.S. are made up of just one person. This is a dramatic change from the extended families of just a couple of generations ago.T
46、he typical person living alone is neither old nor lonely. (2) The majority of these people have chosen to live alone. They are responding to decreasing social pressure to get married and have a family.Its now socially acceptable, even fashionable, to live alone. As people get better jobs and become
47、financially independent, it becomes possible for them to maintain a one-person household. (3) However, people who do get married are marrying at a later age and divorcing more often.The number one reason given by most people for living alone is that they simply enjoy doing what they want when they want to do it. “Living alone is a luxury,“ says Nina Hagiwara, 38. “Once you do it, you cant ever go back to living with others. “ David CDebaca, 46, agrees. (4) Children think that being grown up means being able to do
