1、职称英语综合类 A级模拟 74及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、第一部分：词汇选项(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.The storm caused severe damage.（分数：1.00）A.physicalB.accidentalC.seriousD.environmental2.Many forms of cancer can be cured if detected early.（分数：1.00）A.selectedB.operatedC.developedD.discovered3.The story was published with the s
2、ole purpose of selling newspapers.（分数：1.00）A.realB.mainC.onlyD.practical4.A large crowd assembled outside the American embassy.（分数：1.00）A.gatheredB.watchedC.shoutedD.walked5.He kept in constant contact with his family while he was in Australia.（分数：1.00）A.gradualB.regularC.directD.occasional6.On the
3、table was a vase filled with artificial flowers.（分数：1.00）A.wildB.freshC.lovelyD.false7.We had trouble finding a pure water supply.（分数：1.00）A.typicalB.completeC.cleanD.clear8.“What do you mean by that?“ Paul asked sharply .（分数：1.00）A.criticallyB.helplesslyC.politelyD.quickly9.She only needs a minute
4、amount of money.（分数：1.00）A.certainB.fairC.fullD.small10.Keep your passport in a secure place.（分数：1.00）A.specialB.goodC.safeD.different11.He inspired many young people to take up the sport.（分数：1.00）A.encouragedB.allowedC.calledD.advised12.Did she accept his research proposal ?（分数：1.00）A.invitationB.p
5、lanC.offerD.view13.The city centre was wiped out by the bomb.（分数：1.00）A.coveredB.destroyedC.reducedD.moved14.I“d like to withdraw 500 from my current account.（分数：1.00）A.leaveB.payC.putD.draw15.The contempt he felt for his fellow students was obvious.（分数：1.00）A.hateB.needC.loveD.pity二、第二部分：阅读判断(总题数：1
6、，分数：7.00)Travel Across AfricaFor six hours we shot through the barren (荒芜的) landscape of the Karoo desert in South Africa, just rocks and sand and baking sun. Knowing our journey was ending, Daniel and I just wanted to remember all we had seen and done. He used a camera. I used words. I had already
7、finished three notebooks and was into the fourth, a beautiful leather notebook. I“d bought in a market in Mozambique. Southern Africa was full of stories and visions. We were almost drunk on sensations. The roaring (咆哮) of the water at Victoria Falls, the impossible silence of the Okavango Delta in
8、Botswana. And then the other things: dogs in the streets, whole families in Soweto living in one room, a kilometer from clean water. As we drove towards the setting sun, a quietness fell over us. The road was empty-we hadn“t seen another car for hours. And as I drove, something caught my eye. Someth
9、ing moving closes enough to touch them, to smell their hot breath. I didn“t know how long they had been there next to us. I shouted to Dan: “Look!“ But he was in a deep sleep, his camera lying useless by his feet. They raced the car for a few seconds, and then disappeared far behind us, a memory of
10、heroic forms in the red landscape. When Daniel woke up an hour later I told him what had happened. “Wild horses?“ He said, “Why didn“t you wake me up, Sophia?“ “I tried. But they were gone after a few seconds.“ “Are you sure you didn“t dream it?“ “You were the one who was sleeping!“ “Typical,“ He sa
11、id, “The best photos are the ones we never take.“ We checked into a dusty hotel and slept the sleep of the dead.（分数：7.00）(1).Daniel and Sophia drove slowly through the busy desert.（分数：1.00）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(2).Sophia wrote about her experiences in notebooks.（分数：1.00）A.RightB.WrongC.Not m
12、entioned(3).Daniel took photos of the Nile River.（分数：1.00）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(4).Daniel and Sophia saw a lot of wonderful things.（分数：1.00）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(5).While driving Daniel and Sophia saw wild horses.（分数：1.00）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(6).The horses didn“t come near t
13、he car.（分数：1.00）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(7).Sophia woke Daniel up so that he could take photos of the horses.（分数：1.00）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned三、第三部分：概括大意与完成句子(总题数：1，分数：8.00)Intelligent Machines1. Medical scientists are already putting computer chips (芯片) directly into the brain to help peo
14、ple who have Parkinson“s disease, but in what other ways might computer technology be able to help us? Ray Kurzweil is author of the successful book, The Age of Intelligent Machines and is one of the world“s best computer research scientists. He is researching the possibilities. 2. Kurzweil gets com
15、puters to recognize voices. An example of this is Ramona, the virtual (虚拟的) hostess of Kurzweil“s homepage, who is programmed to understand what you say. Visitors to the site can have their conversations with her, and Ramona also dances and sings. 3. Kurzweil uses this technology to help people with
16、 physical disabilities. One of his ideas is a “seeing machine“. This will be “like a friend that could describe what is going on in the visible world,“ he explains. Blind people will use a visual sensor (探测器) which will probably be built into a pair of sunglasses. This sensor will describe to the pe
17、rson everything it sees. 4. Another idea, which is likely to help deaf people, is the “listening machine“. This invention will recognize millions of words and understand any speaker. The listening machine will also be able to translate into other languages, so even people without hearing problems ar
18、e likely to be interested in using it. 5. But it is not just about helping people with disabilities. Looking further into the future, Kurzweil sees a time when we will be able to download our entire consciousness onto a computer. This technology probably won“t be ready for at least 50 years, but whe
19、n it arrives, it means our mind will be able to live forever.（分数：8.00）(1).Paragraph 2 1. A. A new pair of ears B. Computers that can communicate C. Everlasting consciousness on a computer D. Time to break off a friendship E. An author and researcher F. A new pair of eyes（分数：1.00）(2).Paragraph 3 1.（分
20、数：1.00）(3).Paragraph 4 1.（分数：1.00）(4).Paragraph 5 1.（分数：1.00）(5).Ray Kurzweil works with computers to help people 1. A. what you say B. a pair of sunglasses C. the listening machine D. a visual sensor E. who have disabilities F. living forever in a computer（分数：1.00）(6).Ramona is able to understand 1
21、.（分数：1.00）(7).Blind people will be able to see the world with 1.（分数：1.00）(8).People without hearing problems may also be interested in using 1.（分数：1.00）四、第四部分：阅读理解(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、第一篇(总题数：1，分数：15.00)Operation MigrationIf you look up at the sky in the early fall in the northern part of North America,
22、 you may see groups of birds. These birds are flying south to places where they can find food and warmth for the winter. They are migrating (迁徙). The young birds usually learn to migrate from their parents. They follow their parents south. In one unusual case, however, the young birds are following
23、something very different. These birds are young whooping cranes, and they are following an airplane! The whooping crane is the largest bird that is native to North America. These birds almost disappeared in the 1800s. By 1941, there were only about 20 cranes alive. In the 1970s, people were worried
24、that these creatures were in danger of disappearing completely. As a result, the United States identified whooping cranes as an endangered species that they needed to protect. Some researchers tried to help. They began to breed whooping cranes in special parks to increase the number of birds. This p
25、lan was successful. There were a lot of new baby birds. As the birds became older, the researchers wanted to return them to nature. However, there was a problem: These young birds did not know how to migrate. They needed human help. In 2001, some people had a creative idea. They formed an organizati
26、on called Operation Migration. This group decided to use very light airplanes, instead of birds, to lead the young whooping cranes on their first trip south. They painted each airplane to look like a whooping crane. Even the pilots wore special clothing to make them look like cranes. The cranes bega
27、n to trust the airplanes, and the plan worked. Today, planes still lead birds across approximately 1,200 miles (1,931 kilometers), from the United States- Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. They leave the birds at different sites. If a trip is successful, the birds can travel on their own in the
28、 future. Then, when these birds become parents, they will teach their young to migrate. The people of Operation Migration think this is the only way to maintain the whooping crane population. Operation Migration works with several other organizations and government institutes. Together, they assist
29、hundreds of cranes each year. However, some experts predict that soon, this won“t be necessary. Thanks to Operation Migration and its partners, the crane population will continue to migrate. Hopefully, they won“t need human help anymore.（分数：15.00）(1).Whooping cranes migrate in winter to _.（分数：3.00）A
30、.find warmth and foodB.raise baby whooping cranesC.get human helpD.lay eggs(2).Whooping cranes are native to _.（分数：3.00）A.North AmericaB.MexicoC.South AmericaD.the Persian Gulf(3).Operation Migration aims to _.（分数：3.00）A.teach adult cranes how to flyB.breed cranes in special parksC.lead young cranes
31、 on their first trip southD.transport cranes to the North(4).The distance covered by the young whooping cranes on their trip south is _.（分数：3.00）A.120 milesB.1931 milesC.1200 milesD.2000 miles(5).If operation Migration is successful, whooping cranes will _.（分数：3.00）A.learn to migrate on their ownB.f
32、ollow airplanes south every yearC.live in Canada all year roundD.be unable to fly back六、第二篇(总题数：1，分数：15.00)Excessive Demands on Young PeopleBeing able to multitask is hailed by most people as a welcome skill, but not according to a recent study which claims that young people between the ages of eigh
33、t and eighteen of the so-called Generation M are spending a considerable amount of their time in fruitless efforts as they multitask. It argues that, in fact, these young people are frittering (浪费) away as much as half of their time as they would if they performed the very same tasks one after the o
34、ther. Some young people are using an ever larger number of electronic devices as they study. At the same time they are working, young adults are also surfing on the Internet, or sending out emails to their friends, and/or answering the telephone and listening to music on their iPods or on another co
35、mputer. As some new device comes along, it is also added to the list rather than replacing one of the existing devices. Other research has indicated that this multitasking is even affecting the way families themselves function as young people are too wrapped up in (沉湎于) their own isolated worlds to
36、interact with the other people around them. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house nor can they eat at the family table. All this electronic wizardry (魔力) is supposedly also seriously affecting young people“s performance at university and in the workplace. When asked about
37、 their opinions of the impact of modern gadgets (小装置) on their performance of tasks, the great majority of young people gave a favourable response. The response from the academic and business worlds was not quite as positive. The former feel that multitasking with electronic gadgets by children affe
38、cts later development of study skills, resulting in a decline in the quality of writing, for example, because of the lack of concentration on task completion. They feel that many undergraduates now urgently need remedial (补救的) help with study skills. Similarly, employers feel that young people enter
39、ing the workforce need to be taught all over again, as they have become deskilled. While all this may be true, it must be borne in mind that more and more is expected of young people nowadays; in fact, too much praise rather than criticism is due in respect of the way today“s youth are able to cope
40、despite what the older generation throw at them.（分数：15.00）(1).What is probably true about the multitasking Generation M?（分数：3.00）A.They feel they are more efficient than others.B.They waste more time than they should spend.C.They put more energy on important tasks.D.They need to improve their analyt
41、ical skills.(2).With the introduction of new gadgets, what happens to the Generation M“s present e-devices?（分数：3.00）A.They give way to the latest.B.They are quickly put aside.C.They are sold to their friends.D.They become part of their collection.(3).Multitasking makes the Generation M _.（分数：3.00）A.
42、feel lonely add pitifulB.selfish and aggressiveC.distant to their familyD.silent and sad(4).The academics feel that many undergraduates badly need to _.（分数：3.00）A.adjust their social attitudesB.seek psychological assistanceC.improve their study skillsD.take more business courses(5).What attitude sho
43、uld the older generation adopt towards the multitasking youth?（分数：3.00）A.Critical.B.Thankful.C.Negative.D.Supportive.七、第三篇(总题数：1，分数：15.00)The Changing Middle ClassThe United States perceives itself to be a middle-class nation. However, middle class is not a real designation, nor does it carry privil
44、eges (特权). It is more of a perception, which probably was as true as it ever could be right after World War . The economy was growing, more and more people owned their own homes, workers had solid contracts with the companies that employed them, and nearly everyone who wanted a higher education coul
45、d have one. Successful people enjoyed upward social mobility. They may have started out poor, but they could become rich. Successful people also found that they had greater geographic mobility. In other words, they found themselves moving to and living in a variety of places. The middle class collec
46、tively holds several values and principles. One strong value is the need to earn enough money to feel that one can determine one“s own economic fate. In addition, middle-class morality (道德观) embraces principles of individual responsibility, importance of family, obligations to others, and believing
47、in something outside oneself. But in the 1990s, those in the middle class found that there was a price for success. A U.S. News long commutes became routine; the need for child care put strains on the family; and public schools were not as good as they once were. Members of the middle class were no
48、longer financing their lifestyles through earnings but were using credit to stay afloat. The understanding of just what middle class meant was changing.（分数：15.00）(1).This passage gives information about _.（分数：3.00）A.a social and economic groupB.an individualC.a political organizationD.a government d
49、epartment(2).In the years after World War , the middle class were _.（分数：3.00）A.overburdened and in debtB.hard working and doubtfulC.happy and full of hopeD.young and upset(3).One important middle-class value is that _.（分数：3.00）A.people should always have funB.children should believe in themselvesC.debt is nothing to worry aboutD.they should earn enough to finance their lifestyles(4).In the second paragraph, the word “collectively“ means _.（分数：3.00）A.hesitatinglyB.unknowinglyC.weaklyD.commonly(5).The 1994 survey showed most Americans thou
