1、职称英语综合类 C级-25 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.The government is debating the education laws. A. discussing B. defeating C. delaying D. declining(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.2.A new system of quality control was brought in to overcome the defects in the firms products. A. invested B. in
2、troduced C. installed D. insisted(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.3.Since the Great Depression, the United States government has protected farmers from damaging drops in grain prices. A. slight B. surprising C. sudden D. harmful(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.4.The city has decided to do away with all the old buildings in its cen
3、ter. A. get rid of B. set up C. repair D. paint(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.5.They had a far better yield than any other farm miles away around this year. A. goods B. soil C. climate D. harvest(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.6.Cement was seldom used in building the Middle Ages. A. crudely B. rarely C. originally D. occasional
4、ly(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.7.The old concerns lose importance and some of them vanish altogether. A. develop B. disappear C. link D. renew(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.8.During the past ten years there have been dramatic changes in the international situation. A. permanent B. powerful C. striking D. practical(分数:1.00)A.
5、B.C.D.9.Techniques to employ the energy of the sun are being developed. A. convert B. store C. use D. receive(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.10.It is out of the question that the inspector will come tomorrow. A. impossible B. possible C. probable D. likely(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.11.Medicine depends on other fields for ba
6、sic information, particularly some of their specialized branches. A. conventionally B. obviously C. especially D. inevitably(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.12.There is an abundant supply of cheap labor in this country. A. a steady B. a plentiful C. an extra D. a stable(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.13.There is always excitement
7、 at the Olympic Games when an athlete breaks a previous record of performance. A. beats B. matches C. maintains D. announces(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.14.The most crucial problem any economic system faces is how to use its scarce resources. A. puzzling B. difficult C. terrifying D. urgent(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.15.W
8、e were astonished to hear that their football team had won the champion. A. amazed B. amounted C. amused D. approached(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.二、第 2部分:阅读判断(总题数:1,分数:7.00)TV Games ShowsOne of the most fascinating things about television is the size of the audience. A novel can be on the best sellers list wit
9、h a sale of fewer than 100,000copies, but a popular TV show might have 70 million TV viewers. TV can make anything or anyone well known overnight.This is the principle behind quiz or game shows, which put ordinary people on TV to play a game for the prize and money. A quiz show can make anyone a sta
10、r, and it can give away thousands of dollars just for fun. But all of this money can create problems. For instance, in the 1950s, quiz shows were very popular in the U.S. and almost everyone watched them. Charles Van Doren, an English instructor, became rich and famous after winning money on several
11、 shows. He even had a career as a television personality. Put one of the losers proved that Charles Van Doren was cheating. It turned out that the shows producers, who were pulling the strings, gave the answers to the most popular contestants beforehand. Why? Because if the audience didnt like the p
12、erson who won the game, they turned the show off. Based on his story, a movie under the title Quiz Show is on 40 years later.Charles Van Doren is no longer involved with TV. But game shows are still here, though they arent taken as seriously. In fact, some of them try to be as ridiculous as possible
13、. There are shows that send strangers on vacation trips together, or that try to cause newly-married couples to fight on TV, or that punish losers by humiliating them. The entertainment now is to see what people will do just to be on TV. People still win money, but the real prize is to be in front o
14、f an audience of millions.(分数:7.00)(1).TV can make a beggar world-famous overnight.(分数:1.00)A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(2).The principle behind quiz or game shows is to put ordinary people on TV to play a game for prizes and money.(分数:1.00)A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(3).Prizes and money are usua
15、lly provided by TV stars and large companies for winners.(分数:1.00)A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(4).One of the TV personalities, Charles Van Doren was proved to be cheating by persuading the Shows producers to give him the answers beforehand.(分数:1.00)A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(5).The huge scandal
16、of cheating in TV games shows was not exposed until 40 years later in the movie Quiz Show.(分数:1.00)A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(6).Nowadays game shows are not treated as seriously as they used to be.(分数:1.00)A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(7).Winners of present-day TV shows no longer get money from t
17、he shows.(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) A. Safe parking B. Increase in car theft C. Opportunities for non-professionals D. Anti-theft organizations E. Divers carelessness: a factor in promoting car stealing F. Car stealing mostly by professional criminals(分数:4
18、.00)(1).Paragraph 1 1(分数:1.00)填空项 1:_(2).Paragraph 2 1(分数:1.00)填空项 1:_(3).Paragraph 3 1(分数:1.00)填空项 1:_(4).Paragraph 4 1(分数:1.00)填空项 1:_ A. the carelessness of the drivers B. increase in the number of cars stolen C. non-professional thieves D. lack of parking space E. safe parking spots F. professio
19、nal thieves(分数:4.00)(1).Most car thefts should be blamed on 1.(分数:1.00)填空项 1:_(2).In the past decades there has been a big 1.(分数:1.00)填空项 1:_(3).Most of the car thefts are found to be committed by 1.(分数:1.00)填空项 1:_(4).Car drivers are found to be careless in choosing 1.(分数:1.00)填空项 1:_四、第 4部分:阅读理解(总
20、题数:0,分数:0.00)五、第一篇(总题数:1,分数:15.00)Storms Sink ShipsRescuers have found the bodies of over 130 people killed in two ferry disasters in Bangladesh. The accidents happened during a storm that hit the country on April 21. Hundreds more are missing or feared dead.The two ferries sank in different rivers
21、near the capital city of Dhaka as strong winds and rain hit the South Asian country.The government has since banned all ferries and other boats from traveling at night during the April-May stormy season.One of the ferries, MV Mitali, was carrying far more people than it was supposed to. About 400 pa
22、ssengers fitted into a space made for just 300. Police said the second ferry carried about 100 passengers.“The number of deaths is certain to rise, “said an official in charge of the rescue work, “No one really knows how many people were on board the ferry or how many of them survived. “Ferries in B
23、angladesh dont always keep passenger lists, making it difficult to determine the exact number of people on hoard.Besides the ferry accidents, at least 40 people were killed and 400 injured by lightning strikes, falling houses and trees and the sinking of small boats.Storms are common this time of ye
24、ar in Bangladesh, as are boating accidents. Ferry disasters take away hundreds of lives every year in a nation of 130 million people.Officials blame these river accidents on a lack of safety measures, too many passengers in boats and not enough cheeks on weather conditions.Ferries are a common means
25、 of transport in Bangladesh. It is a country covered by about 230 rivers. Some 20,000 ferries use the nations waterways(水路) every year. And many of them are dangerously overcrowded (过度拥挤).Since1977, more than 3,000 people have died in some 260 boating accidents.(分数:15.00)(1).How many people have bee
26、n found dead in the two ferry disasters?(分数:3.00)A.More than 130.B.Over 3,000.C.About 400.D.At least 40.(2).The two ferry disasters occurred_.(分数:3.00)A.at noonB.in the morningC.at nightD.in the afternoon(3).How many passengers was MV Mitali designed to carry?(分数:3.00)A.440.B.100.C.400.D.300.(4).Whi
27、ch of the following is NOT mentioned as a cause of the boating accidents?(分数:3.00)A.Strong winds.B.Bad weather conditions.C.Blockage of waterways.D.Lack of safety measures.(5).Which of the following statements is NOT true of the two ferry disasters?(分数:3.00)A.They traveled during the April-May storm
28、y season.B.They sank on April 21.C.The exact number of deaths could be easily determined.D.They sank somewhere near Dhak六、第二篇(总题数:1,分数:15.00)The Cherokee NationLong before the white man came to America, the land belonged to the American Indian nations. The nation of the Cherokees lived in what is no
29、w the southeastern part of the United States.After the white man came, the Cherokees copied many of their ways. One Cherokee named Sequoyah saw how important reading and writing was to the white man. He decided to invent a way to write clown the spoken Cherokee language. He began by making word pict
30、ures. For each word he drew a picture. But that proved impossible-there were just too many words. Then he took the 85 sounds that made up the language. Using his own imagination and an English spelling book, Sequoyah invented a sign for each sound. His alphabet proved amazingly easy to learn. Before
31、 long, many Cherokees knew how to read and write in their own language. By 1828, they were even printing their own newspaper.In 1830, the U.S. Congress passed a law. It allowed the government to remove Indians from their lands. The Cherokees refused to go. They had lived on their lands for centuries
32、. It belonged to them. Why should they go to a strange land far beyond the Mississippi River?The army was sent to drive the Cherokees out. Soldiers surrounded their villages and marched them at gunpoint into the western territory. The sick, the old and the small children went in carts, along with th
33、eir belongings. The rest of the people marched on foot or rode on horseback. It was November, yet many of them still wore their summer clothes. Cold and hungry, the Cherokees were quickly exhausted by the hardships of the journey. Many dropped dead and were buried by the roadside. When the last grou
34、p arrived in their new home in March 1839, more than 4,000 had died. It was indeed a march of death.(分数:15.00)(1).The Cherokee Nation used to live_.(分数:3.00)A.on the American continentB.in the southeastern part of the U.S.C.beyond the Mississippi RiverD.in the western territory(2).One of the ways th
35、at Sequoyah copied from the white man is the way of_.(分数:3.00)A.writing down the spoken languageB.making word picturesC.teaching his people readingD.printing their own newspaper(3).A law was passed in 1830 to_.(分数:3.00)A.allow the Cherokees to stay where they wereB.send the army to help the Cherokee
36、sC.force the Cherokees to move westwardD.forbid the Cherokees to read their newspaper(4).When the Cherokees began to leave their lands,_.(分数:3.00)A.they went in cartsB.they went on horsebackC.they marched on footD.all of the above(5).Many Cherokees died on their way to their new home mainly because_
37、.(分数:3.00)A.they were not willing to go thereB.the government did not provide transportationC.they did not have enough food and clothesD.the journey was long and boring七、第三篇(总题数:1,分数:15.00)Snow RangerThe two thingssnow and mountainswhich are needed for a ski area are the two things that cause avalan
38、ches, large mass of snow and ice crushing down the side of a mountainoften called White Death.It was the threat of the avalanche and its record as a killer of man in the western mountains that created the snow ranger. He first started on avalanche control work in the winter of 19371938 at Aha, Utah,
39、 in Wasatch National Forest.This mountain valley was becoming well known to skiers. It was dangerous. In fact, more than 120 persons had lost their lives in 1936 and another 200 died in 1937 as a result of avalanches before it became a major ski area.Thus, development of Aha and other major ski reso
40、rts in the west was dependent upon controlling the avalanche. The Forest Service set out to do it, and did, with its corps of snow rangers.It takes many things to make a snow ranger. The snow ranger must be in excellent physical condition. He must be a good skier and a skilled mountain climber. He s
41、hould have at least a high school education, and the more college courses in geology, physics, and related fields he has, the better.He studies snow, terrain, wind and weather. He learns the conditions that produce avalanches. He learns to forecast avalanches and to bring them roaring on down the mo
42、untainsides to reduce their killing strength. The snow ranger learns to do this by using artillery, by blasting with TNT, and by the difficult and skillful art of skiing avalanches down.The snow ranger, dressed in a green parka which has a bright yellow shoulder patch, means safety for people on ski
43、 slopes. He pulls the trigger on a 75 mm. Recoilless rifle, skis waist deep in powder testing snow stability, or talks with the ski areas operator as he goes about his work to protect the public from the hazards of deep snow on steep mountain slopes.(分数:15.00)(1).The snow rangers are employees of_.(
44、分数:3.00)A.the Forest ServiceB.the Resource BureauC.the Tourist BoardD.the Sports Bureau(2).A snow ranger himself must be_.(分数:3.00)A.a college graduateB.a physicistC.a geologistD.a mountaineer(3).A snow ranger uses very powerful guns_.(分数:3.00)A.to warn skiers of an approaching avalancheB.to signal
45、for help in an emergencyC.to create an avalancheD.to communicate with the ski area operator(4).What is the primary duty of the snow ranger?(分数:3.00)A.To make sure ski area operators are following safety rules.B.To predict and control avalanches in mountainous areas.C.To check skis and repair them.D.
46、To forecast the weather.(5).The passage implies that a snow ranger_.(分数:3.00)A.knows how to use a pistolB.must write lengthy reports on his workC.may travel many miles when he is on dutyD.has a long working day八、第 5部分:补全短文(总题数:1,分数:10.00)The Building of the PyramidsThe oldest stone buildings in the
47、world are the pyramids. (46) . There are over eighty of them scattered along the banks of the Nile, some of which are different in shape from the true pyramids. The most famous of these are the “ Step “ pyramid and “ Bent “pyramid.Some of the pyramids still look much the same as they must have done
48、when they were built thousands of years ago. Most of the damage suffered by the others has been at the hands of men who were looking for treasure or, more often, for stone to use in modern buildings. (47) . These are good reasons why they can still be seen today, but perhaps the most important is th
49、at they were planned to last forever.(48) . However, there are no writings or pictures to show us how the Egyptians planned or built the pyramids themselves. (49) . Nevertheless, by examining the actual pyramids and various tools which have been found, archaeologists have formed a fairly clear picture of them.One thing is cer