1、职称英语综合类 A 级-35 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、第 1 部分：词汇选项(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.Glaciers terminate where the rate of ice loss is equivalent to the forward advance of the glacier.（分数：1.00）A.stopB.turnC.crackD.rotate2.Communication satellites generally use solar cells as their source of electric power, alth
2、ough some test satellites have used thermoelectric generators.（分数：1.00）A.superiorB.authorizedC.formerD.experimental3.Tempestuous times preceded the declaration of war.（分数：1.00）A.terribleB.turbulentC.tryingD.temperate4.The legislative filibuster is a parliamentary tactic designed to delay or prevent
3、action by the majority.（分数：1.00）A.traditionB.ruleC.observanceD.maneuver5.Some children display an unquenchable curiosity about every new thing they encounter.（分数：1.00）A.insatiableB.inherentC.indiscriminateD.incredible6.Even a novel in which there is no narrator tacitly creates a picture of an author
4、 behind the scenes.（分数：1.00）A.theoreticallyB.purposelyC.instinctivelyD.implicitly7.The compact dictionaries published in recent years are not as unwieldy as some of the older editions.（分数：1.00）A.completeB.tiresomeC.reliableD.cumbersome8.Would you bring me some up-to-date catalogues?（分数：1.00）A.curren
5、tB.well-documentedC.lavishD.hostile9.Age is one of the variables which seems to determine the attitude of an older person toward conformity.（分数：1.00）A.sectionsB.factorsC.resultsD.stimuli10.Tanning by the sun takes place because sunlight stimulates the skin to produce the pigment melanin.（分数：1.00）A.b
6、urningB.roastingC.browningD.scorching11.After listening to the testimony, the members of the jury delivered their verdict.（分数：1.00）A.sentenceB.decisionC.cross examinationD.foreman12.William Faulkners stories reflect his Mississippi upbringing.（分数：1.00）A.educationB.cousinsC.visitsD.accent13.The 1960s
7、 saw a change in the form and content of movies, treating subjects that for so many years were considered taboo.（分数：1.00）A.unpleasantB.prohibitedC.unethicalD.worthless14.All of the tenants in the building complained about the lack of hot water.（分数：1.00）A.old peopleB.landlordsC.superintendentsD.occup
8、ants15.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.desperately二、第 2 部分：阅读判断(总题数：1，分数：7.00)The Enormous EggDr. Ziemer arrived while we were still staring at the thing in
9、the nest. He jumped out his car and came running out to in the backyard. He was wearing a red coat over his pajamas, and he looked pretty excited.He ran up to the nest and looked in. His eyes opened up wide and he knelt down on the ground and stared and stared. After long while he said softly, “That
10、s it. By George, thats just what it is. “ Then he stared for another long time and finally he shook his head and said, “It cant be true, but there it is. “He got up off his knees and looked around at us. His eyes were just sparking, he was so excited. He put his hand on my shoulder, and I could feel
11、 he was quivering. “An amazing things happened, “he said, in a kind of whisper. “I dont know how to account for it. It must be some sort of freak biological mix-up that might happen once a thousand years. “But what is it?“ I asked.Dr. Ziemer turned and pointed a trembling finger at the nest. “Believ
12、e it or not, you people have hatched out a dinosaur. (恐龙),We just looked at him.“Sounds incredible. I know,“ he said, “and I cant explain it, but there it is. Ive seen too many Triceratops (三角恐龙)skulls to be mistaken about this one. “But-but how could it be a dinosaur?“ Pop asked.“Goodness gracious!
13、“ Mom spluttered. “And right here in our backyard. It doesnt seem hardly right. And on a Sunday, too. “Cynthia was pretty interested by now, and kept pecking into the nest and making faces, the way she did when Pop brought a bowl of frogs legs into the kitchen one time. I guess girls just naturally
14、dont like crawly things too much. To tell the truth, I dont either sometimes but this thing that had just hatched out looked kind of cute to me. Maybe that was because I had taken care of the egg so long. I felt as if the little dinosaur was almost one of the family.We stood around for a long while
15、looking at the strange new thing on the nest, trying to let the idea soak in that we had a dinosaur. After Dr. Ziemer calmed down a little he and Pop tightened up the chicken wire to make sure the little animal wasnt going to crawl out. Dr. Ziemer watched if perhaps she ought not to be taken out bef
16、ore she went out of her mind. Pop figured that it might be a good idea and he picked her up and cut her outside the pen. She acted a little dazed at first, but pretty soon she followed the other hens and began pen. She acted a little dazed at first, but pretty soon she followed the other hens and be
17、gan scratching for worms like the rest of them.（分数：7.00）(1).Dr. Ziemer found a bird in the nest.（分数：1.00）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(2).The story took place in the back garden.（分数：1.00）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(3).When they find out what kind of animal they have, they are shocked.（分数：1.00）A.Ri
18、ghtB.WrongC.Not mentioned(4).The person who is telling the story seems to like the little animal.（分数：1.00）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(5).The Enormous Egg is a serious story.（分数：1.00）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(6).The story teller is afraid to look at the little animal.（分数：1.00）A.RightB.WrongC.No
19、t mentioned(7).Dr. Ziemer had went to hospital before he arrived.（分数：1.00）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned三、第 3 部分：概括大意与完成句子(总题数：2，分数：8.00)Blasts from the Past1 Volcanoes were destructive in ancient history. Not because they were bigger, but because the carbon dioxide they released wiped out life with
20、greater ease.2 Paul Wignall from the University of Leeds was investigating the link between volcanic eruptions and mass extinctions. Not all volcanic eruptions killed off large number of animals, but all the mass extinction cover the past 300 million years coincided with huge formations of volcanic
21、rock. To his surprise, the older the massive volcanic eruptions were, the more damage they seemed to do.3 Wignall calculated the “killing efficiency“ for these volcanoes by comparing the proportion of life they killed off with the volume of lava that they produced. He found that size for size, older
22、 eruptions were at least 10 times as effective at wiping out life as their more recent rivals.4 The Permian extinction, for example, which happened 250 million years ago, is marked by floods of volcanic rock in Siberia that cover an area roughly the size of western Europe. Those volcanoes are though
23、t to have pumped out about 10 gigatonnes of carbon as carbon dioxide. The global warming that followed wiped out 80 percent of all marine genera at the time, and it took 5 million years for the planet to recover.5 Yet 60 million years ago in the late Palaeocene there was another huge amount of volca
24、nic activity and global warming but no mass extinction. Some animals did disappear but things returned to normal within ten thousands of years. “The most recent ones hardly have an effect at all,“ Wignall says. He ignored the extinction which wiped out the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous,265
25、million years ago, because many scientists believe it was primarily caused by the impact of an asteroid.6 Wignall thinks that older volcanoes had more killing power because more recent life forms were better adapted to dealing with increased levels of CO2. Ocean chemistry may also have played a role
26、. As the supercontinents broke up and exposed more coastline there may have been more weathering of silica rocks. This would have encouraged the growth of phytoplankton in the oceans, increasing the amount of CO2 absorbed from the atmosphere.7 Vincent Courtillot, director of the Paris Geophysical In
27、stitute in France, says that Wignalls idea is provocative. But he says it is incredibly hard to do these sorts of calculations. He points out that the killing power of volcanic eruptions depends on how long they lasted. And it is impossible to tell whether the huge blasts lasted for thousands or mil
28、lions of years.8 Courtillot also adds that it is difficult to estimate how much lava prehistoric volcanoes produced, and that lava volume may not necessarily correspond to carbon dioxide or sulphur dioxide emissions. AKilling Power of Ancient Volcanic Eruptions BAssociation of Mass Extinctions with
29、Volcanic CCalculation of the Killing Power of Older Eruptions DA Mass Extinction EVolcanic Eruptions That Caused No Mass Extinction FAccounting for the Killing Power of Older Eruptions（分数：4.00）(1).Paragraph 2 _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Paragraph 3 _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Paragraph 4 _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).P
30、aragraph 5 _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_ Athan more recent ones Bthe killing efficiency for older eruptions Chas remained controversial DWignalls calculations as acceptable Ehas been known to us all Fhis ideas（分数：4.00）(1).Older eruptions were more devastating 1.（分数：1.00）(2).The Permian extinction is used to il
31、lustrate 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).The cause of the extinction of dinosaurs 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).Courtillor rejects 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_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)Pop Music in AfricaYoung musicians in African countries are creating a new kind of pop music. The tunes and the rhythms
32、of their music combine African traditions with various forms of music popular today, such as hip-hop, rap, rock, jazz, or reggae. The result is music that may sound familiar to listeners anywhere in the world, but at the same time is distinctly African. It is different also in another way: Many of t
33、he songs are very serious and they deal with important social or political issues in Africa today.Erie Wainaina is one of these African musicians. He grew up in Nairobi, Kenya, in a family of musicians. As a teenager, he listened to pop music from the United States, and later he moved to Boston to s
34、tudy at the Berklee College of Music. Now he has produced a CD in Kenya. Erics most popular song, “Land of A Little Something“ is about Kenyas problem of bribery, or paying others for illegal favors. He wants people to listen to his songs and think about how to make Kenya a better place to live.Anot
35、her musician who writes serious songs is Witness Mwaijaga from Tanzania. Her own experiences have helped her understand the suffering of many African women. At the age of fifteen she lost her home, but she was luckier than other homeless young people. She could make a living by writing songs and sin
36、ging on the street. By the time she was eighteen years old, she had become a star. Her songs are written in rap or hip-hop style about the problems that she sees in Tanzania, especially AIDS and the lack of rights for women.Baaba Maal, from Senegal, also feels that pop music must go beyond entertain
37、ment. He says that in Senegal, storytellers have always been important people. In the past, they were the ones who kept the history of their people alive. Baaba believes that songwriters now have a similar responsibility. They must write about the world around them and help people understand how it
38、could be better. The words of his songs are important, in fact. They speak of peace and cooperation among Africans, as well as the rights of women, love for ones family, and saving the environment.One of South Africas most popular musicians is Brenda Fassie. She is sometimes compared to Madonna, the
39、 American pop star, because she likes to shock people in her shows. But she also likes to make people think. She became famous in the 1980s for her simple pop songs against apartheid. Now that apartheid has ended, her songs are about other issues in South African culture and life. To sing about thes
40、e, she uses local African languages and a new pop style called kwaito.In recent years, people, outside of Africa have also begun to listen to these young musicians. Through music, the younger generation of Africans are connecting with the rest of the world and, at the same time, influencing the rest
41、 of the world.（分数：15.00）(1).This passage is about how African pop music is _.（分数：3.00）A.usually about love and romanceB.more serious than most pop musicC.popular with young people in AfricaD.mostly written just for entertainment(2).For people outside of Africa, African pop music is _.（分数：3.00）A.the
42、same as other pop musicB.not usually very interestingC.entirely strange to themD.both familiar and different(3).The musicians mentioned in this passage all _.（分数：3.00）A.write about serious problemsB.studied in the United StatesC.lost their homes at a young ageD.write songs in a new pop style(4).Eric
43、 Wainaina _.（分数：3.00）A.prefers to sing in EnglishB.listened to traditional musicC.studied music in BostonD.performs only in the United States(5).Witness Mwaijaga writes about the problems of women partly because _.（分数：3.00）A.she has had a difficult life herselfB.there are many problems in TanzaniaC.
44、she has had an easy life herselfD.there are no other women singers六、第二篇(总题数：1，分数：15.00)Career With a UniformWant to be the next Xu Sanduo? The TV drama Soldiers Sortie (Shibing Tuji) might have caused millions of young people to dream idly of putting on an army uniform and going off to boot camp.In
45、fact, a large number of students graduating might consider doing just that. Last month, the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) announced that there will be 120,000 job openings this year for college grads. So, one out of every 50 grads has a chance if he or she would like to march down to the local recru
46、iting office. Anyone enlisting will get preferential treatment in tuition compensation and in job opportunities.This decision comes against a backdrop of bad employment news and a cooling economy. This years recruitment quota outnumbers last years 39,000 by about three-fold.“Its important to pull in
47、 fresh, talented people who can deal with the new equipment and a high-tech military to modernize the nations defense,“ said Bai Zixing, a senior officer in the PLA General Staff Department.The age limit for college recruits has been raised to 24, and theres one more important policy change: Crads w
48、ho have already volunteered to sign up can quit if they change their minds after finding another job before November, the deadline for enlistment. This gives grads an extra choice in starting a career.The following is a list of preferential things that college grads qualify for if they join the army
49、:A one-time recruitment payment of up to 24,000 yuan, to cover four years of college tuition and loans (this has to be returned if the person is forced to leave the army before completing the service contract).Priority in promotions and in getting admitted to military academies.Anyone with a bachelors degree or above and a good performance record can be promoted to the rank of
