1、职称英语综合类 B级-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)A Heroic WomanThe whole of the United States cheered its latest hero, Ashley Smith, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation saying it was planning to give a big reward to her for having a brave heart and wise mind.(1) She was movi
2、ng into her apartment in Atlanta, Georgia early on the morning of March 12, when a man followed her to her door and put a gun to her side.“I started walking to my door, and I felt really, really afraid,“ she said in a TV interview last week. The man was Brian Nichols, 33. He was suspected of killing
3、 three people at an Atlanta courthouse (法院) on March 11 and later of killing a federal agent. (2) Nichols tied Smith up with tape, but released her after she repeatedly begged him not to take her life. “1 told him if he hurt me, my little girl wouldnt have a mummy,“ she said. In order to calm the ma
4、n down, she read to him from “The Purpose-Driven Life“, a best-selling religious book. He asked her to repeat a paragraph “about what you thought your purpose in life was-what talents were you given. “ (3) “I basically just talked to him and tried to gain his trust,“ Smith said.Smith said she asked
5、Nichols why he chose her. “He said he thought I was an angel sent from God, and we were Christian sister and brother,“ she said. “And that he was lost, and that God led him to me to tell him that he had hurt a lot of people. “ (4) She said Nichols was surprised when she made him breakfast and that t
6、he two of them watched television coverage (报道) of the police hunt for him. “I cannot believe thats me,“ Nichols told the woman. Then, Nichols asked Smith what she thought he should do. She said, “1 think you should turn yourself in. If you dont, lots more people are going to get hurt. “Eventually,
7、he let her go. (5) A US $60,000 reward had been posted for Nichols capture. Authorities said they did not yet know if Smith would be eligible (有资格的) for that money.A. The local police were searching for him.B. Smith is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter.C. Smith tried very hard to kill Nich
8、ols.D. She even cooked breakfast for the man before he allowed her to leave.E. And the two of them discussed this topic.F. Then she called the police.(分数:25.00)填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_Female BullfightingIt was a unique, eye-catching sight: an attractive woman in a shiny bullfighters suit,
9、 sword in hand, facing the sharp horns of a black, 500-kilogram beast.Most people thought the days of female bullfighting were over in Spain. (1) The first woman fighter, Cristina Sanchez, quit in 1999 because of male discrimination (歧视).But Vega is determined to break into what could be Spains most
10、 resistant male field. (2) Spanish women have conquered almost all male professions. (3) “The bull does not ask for your identity card,“ she said in an interview a few years ago. She insisted that she be judged for her skills rather than her femaleness.Vega became a matador (斗牛士) in 1997 in the sout
11、hwestern city of Caceres.(4) She entered a bullfighting school in Malaga at age nine and performed her first major bullfight at age 14. She has faced as much opposition as Sanchez did. And the “difficulties have made her grow into a very strong bullfighter,“ her brother Jorge says.The 1.68-metre tal
12、l and somewhat shy Vega says her love of bullfighting does not make her any less of a woman. (5) A. She intends to become even better than Sanchez was.B. Her father was an aspiring (有雄心壮志的) bullfighter.C. But many bullfighting professionals continue to insist that women do not have what it takes to
13、perform the countrys “national show“.D. “Im a woman from head to toe and proud of it,“ she once said.E. She looks like a male bullfighter.F. But recently, 29-year-old Mari Paz Vega became the second woman in Spanish history to fight against those heavy animals.(分数:25.00)填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填
14、空项 1:_Every Dog Has His SayKimiko Fukuda always wondered what her dog was trying to say. Whenever she put on makeup, it would pull at her sleeve. (1) When the dog barks, she glances at a small electronic gadget (装置). The following “human“ translation appears on its screen: “Please take me with you.
15、“ “1 realized thats how he was feeling,“ says Fukuda.The gadget is called Bowlingual, and it translates dog barks into feelings. People laughed when the Japanese toymaker Takara Company made the worlds first dog-human translation machine in 2002. But 300,000 Japanese dog owners bought it. (2) “Nobod
16、y else had thought about it,“ said Masahiko Kajita, who works for Takara. “We spend so much time training dogs to understand our orders; what would it be like if we could understand dogs?“Bowlingual has two parts. (3) The translation is done in the gadget using a database containing every kind of ba
17、rk.Based on animal behaviour research, these noises are divided into six categories: happiness, sadness, frustration, anger, declaration and desire. (4) In this way, the database scientifically matches a bark to an emotion, which is then translated into one of 200 phrases.When a visitor went to Fuku
18、das house recently, the dog barked a loud “bow wow“.(5) It was followed by “Im stronger than you“ as the dog growled and sniffed (嗅) at the visitor.The product will be available in U. S. pet stores this summer for about U. S. $120. It can store up to 100 barks, even recording the dogs emotions when
19、the owner is away.A. A wireless microphone is attached to the dogs collar, which sends information to the gadget held by the owner.B. Nobody really knows how a dog feels.C. This translated as “Dont come this way“.D. More customers are expected when the English version is launched this summer.E. Now,
20、 the Japanese girl thinks she knows.F. Each one of these emotions is then linked to a phrase like “Lets play“, “Look at me“, or “Spend more time with me“.(分数:25.00)填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_You Need Courage!Shortly after I began a career in business, I learned that Carl Weatherup, president
21、 of PepsiCo (百事可乐公司), was speaking at the University of Colorado. I tracked down the person handling his schedule and managed to get myself an appointment. (1) So there I was sitting outside the universitys auditorium, waiting for the president of PepsiCo. I could hear him talking to the students. a
22、nd talking, and talking. (2) He was now five minutes over, which dropped my time with him down to 10 minutes. Decision time.I wrote a note on the back of my business card, reminding him that he had a meeting. “You have a meeting with Jeff Hoye at 2:30 p. m. “ I took a deep breath, pushed open the do
23、ors of the auditorium and walked straight up the middle aisle (过道) toward him as he talked. Mr. Weatherup stopped. (3) Just before I reached the door, I heard him tell the group that he was running late. He thanked them for their attention, wished them luck and walked out to where I was now sitting,
24、 holding my breath.He looked at the card and then at me. “Let me guess,“ he said. “Youre Jeff. “ He smiled. (4) He spent the next 30 minutes offering me his time, some wonderful stories that I still use, and an invitation to visit him and his group in New York. But what he gave me that I value the m
25、ost was the encouragement to continue to do as I had done. (5) When things need to happen, you either have the nerve to act or you dont.A. I began breathing again and we grabbed (霸占) an office right there at school and closed the door.B. As I sat listening to him, I knew that I could trust him, and
26、that he deserved every bit of loyalty I could give to him.C. I became alarmed, his talk wasnt ending when it should have.D. He said that it took nerve for me to interrupt him, and that nerve was the key to success in the business world.E. I was told, however, that he was on a tight schedule and only
27、 had 15 minutes available after his talk to the business class.F. I handed him the card then I turned and walked out the way I came.(分数:25.00)填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_职称英语综合类 B级-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)A Heroic WomanThe whole of the United States cheered it
28、s latest hero, Ashley Smith, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation saying it was planning to give a big reward to her for having a brave heart and wise mind.(1) She was moving into her apartment in Atlanta, Georgia early on the morning of March 12, when a man followed her to her door and put a gu
29、n to her side.“I started walking to my door, and I felt really, really afraid,“ she said in a TV interview last week. The man was Brian Nichols, 33. He was suspected of killing three people at an Atlanta courthouse (法院) on March 11 and later of killing a federal agent. (2) Nichols tied Smith up with
30、 tape, but released her after she repeatedly begged him not to take her life. “1 told him if he hurt me, my little girl wouldnt have a mummy,“ she said. In order to calm the man down, she read to him from “The Purpose-Driven Life“, a best-selling religious book. He asked her to repeat a paragraph “a
31、bout what you thought your purpose in life was-what talents were you given. “ (3) “I basically just talked to him and tried to gain his trust,“ Smith said.Smith said she asked Nichols why he chose her. “He said he thought I was an angel sent from God, and we were Christian sister and brother,“ she s
32、aid. “And that he was lost, and that God led him to me to tell him that he had hurt a lot of people. “ (4) She said Nichols was surprised when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched television coverage (报道) of the police hunt for him. “I cannot believe thats me,“ Nichols told the wo
33、man. Then, Nichols asked Smith what she thought he should do. She said, “1 think you should turn yourself in. If you dont, lots more people are going to get hurt. “Eventually, he let her go. (5) A US $60,000 reward had been posted for Nichols capture. Authorities said they did not yet know if Smith
34、would be eligible (有资格的) for that money.A. The local police were searching for him.B. Smith is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter.C. Smith tried very hard to kill Nichols.D. She even cooked breakfast for the man before he allowed her to leave.E. And the two of them discussed this topic.F. T
35、hen she called the police.(分数:25.00)填空项 1:_ (正确答案:B)解析:填空项 1:_ (正确答案:A)解析:填空项 1:_ (正确答案:E)解析:填空项 1:_ (正确答案:D)解析:填空项 1:_ (正确答案:F)解析:Female BullfightingIt was a unique, eye-catching sight: an attractive woman in a shiny bullfighters suit, sword in hand, facing the sharp horns of a black, 500-kilogram
36、beast.Most people thought the days of female bullfighting were over in Spain. (1) The first woman fighter, Cristina Sanchez, quit in 1999 because of male discrimination (歧视).But Vega is determined to break into what could be Spains most resistant male field. (2) Spanish women have conquered almost a
37、ll male professions. (3) “The bull does not ask for your identity card,“ she said in an interview a few years ago. She insisted that she be judged for her skills rather than her femaleness.Vega became a matador (斗牛士) in 1997 in the southwestern city of Caceres.(4) She entered a bullfighting school i
38、n Malaga at age nine and performed her first major bullfight at age 14. She has faced as much opposition as Sanchez did. And the “difficulties have made her grow into a very strong bullfighter,“ her brother Jorge says.The 1.68-metre tall and somewhat shy Vega says her love of bullfighting does not m
39、ake her any less of a woman. (5) A. She intends to become even better than Sanchez was.B. Her father was an aspiring (有雄心壮志的) bullfighter.C. But many bullfighting professionals continue to insist that women do not have what it takes to perform the countrys “national show“.D. “Im a woman from head to
40、 toe and proud of it,“ she once said.E. She looks like a male bullfighter.F. But recently, 29-year-old Mari Paz Vega became the second woman in Spanish history to fight against those heavy animals.(分数:25.00)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:C)解析:填空项 1:_ (正确答案:B)解析:填空项 1:_ (正确答案:D)解
41、析:Every Dog Has His SayKimiko Fukuda always wondered what her dog was trying to say. Whenever she put on makeup, it would pull at her sleeve. (1) When the dog barks, she glances at a small electronic gadget (装置). The following “human“ translation appears on its screen: “Please take me with you. “ “1
42、 realized thats how he was feeling,“ says Fukuda.The gadget is called Bowlingual, and it translates dog barks into feelings. People laughed when the Japanese toymaker Takara Company made the worlds first dog-human translation machine in 2002. But 300,000 Japanese dog owners bought it. (2) “Nobody el
43、se had thought about it,“ said Masahiko Kajita, who works for Takara. “We spend so much time training dogs to understand our orders; what would it be like if we could understand dogs?“Bowlingual has two parts. (3) The translation is done in the gadget using a database containing every kind of bark.B
44、ased on animal behaviour research, these noises are divided into six categories: happiness, sadness, frustration, anger, declaration and desire. (4) In this way, the database scientifically matches a bark to an emotion, which is then translated into one of 200 phrases.When a visitor went to Fukudas
45、house recently, the dog barked a loud “bow wow“.(5) It was followed by “Im stronger than you“ as the dog growled and sniffed (嗅) at the visitor.The product will be available in U. S. pet stores this summer for about U. S. $120. It can store up to 100 barks, even recording the dogs emotions when the
46、owner is away.A. A wireless microphone is attached to the dogs collar, which sends information to the gadget held by the owner.B. Nobody really knows how a dog feels.C. This translated as “Dont come this way“.D. More customers are expected when the English version is launched this summer.E. Now, the
47、 Japanese girl thinks she knows.F. Each one of these emotions is then linked to a phrase like “Lets play“, “Look at me“, or “Spend more time with me“.(分数:25.00)填空项 1:_ (正确答案:E)解析:填空项 1:_ (正确答案:D)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:C)解析:You Need Courage!Shortly after I began a career in business, I learned that Carl Weatherup, president of PepsiCo (百事可乐公司), was speaking at the University of Colorado. I tracked down the person handling his schedule and managed to get myself an appointment. (1) So there I was sitting outside the universitys audit