1、职称英语（综合类） B级模拟试卷 25 及答案与解析 一、 词汇选项 (第 1-15题，每题 1分，共 15分 ) 下面每个句子中均有 1个词或短语在括号中，请为每处括号部分的词汇或短语确定1个意义最为接近选项。 1 She eventually married the most persistent one of her admirers. （ A） in a way （ B） in due course （ C） in the end （ D） in any case 2 Five minutes left, the outcome of the match was still in do
2、ubt. （ A） result （ B） judgment （ C） decision （ D） event 3 The reporter was accused of unprofessional conduct. （ A） movement （ B） words （ C） principle （ D） behavior 4 He made a considerable sum of money in real estate. （ A） large （ B） positive （ C） powerful （ D） realistic 5 A crowd gathered to see wh
3、at had happened. （ A） collected （ B） fixed （ C） divided （ D） assist 6 If I made a mistake, I will try to remedy it. （ A） clarify （ B） diagnose （ C） evaporate （ D） correct 7 We derive information mainly from the Internet. （ A） deprive （ B） obtain （ C） descend （ D） trace 8 His sole motive was to make
4、her happy. （ A） aim （ B） argument （ C） capability （ D） pursuit 9 He could not tolerate the extremes of heat in the desert. （ A） hear （ B） hate （ C） like （ D） criticize 10 These factors interact intimately and cannot be separated. （ A） tensely （ B） nearly （ C） carefully （ D） closely 11 She exhibited
5、great powers of endurance during the climb. （ A） play （ B） send （ C） show （ D） tell 12 The eternal motion of the stars fascinated him. （ A） long （ B） never-ending （ C） boring （ D） extensive 13 She could not answer, it was an immense load off her heart. （ A） natural （ B） fatal （ C） tiny （ D） enormous
6、 14 The book made a great impact on its readers. （ A） force （ B） influence （ C） surprise （ D） power 15 Accompanied by cheerful music, we began to dance. （ A） pleasant （ B） colorful （ C） fashionable （ D） different 二、 阅 读判断 (第 16-22题，每题 1分，共 7分 ) 下面的短文后列出了 7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择 A；如果该
7、句提供的是错误信息，请选择 B；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择 C。 15 A Pay Rise or Not “Unless I get a rise, Ill have a talk with the boss, Henry Manley. “George Strong said to himself. George liked his job and he liked the town he lived in, but his wife kept telling him that his pay was not enough to meet the needs of the fami
8、ly. That was why he was thinking of taking a job in Birmingham, a nearby city about 50 miles away. He had been offered a job in a factory there, and the pay was far better. George lived in Wyeford, a medium-sized town. He really liked the place and didnt like the idea of moving somewhere else, but i
9、f he took the job in Birmingham, he would have to move his family there. Henry Manley was the manager of a small company manufacturing electric motors. The company was in deep trouble because, among other reasons, the Japanese were selling such things at very low prices. As a result, Manley had to c
10、ut his own prices and profits as well. Otherwise he would not get any orders at all. Even then, orders were still not coming in fast enough, so that there was no money for raises (加工资 ) for his workers. Somehow, he had to struggle along and keep his best workers as well. He sighed. Just then the pho
11、ne rang. His secretary told him that George Strong wanted to see him as soon as possible. Manley sighed again. He could guess what it was about. George Strong was a very young engineer. The company had no future unless it could attract and keep men like him. Manley rubbed his forehead (前额 ), his pro
12、blems seemed endless. 16 Henry Manley was already deeply in debt. （ A） right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 17 The job that had been offered to George Strong in Birmingham paid better. （ A） right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 18 If George Strong took the job in Birmingham, he would have to leave his
13、family in Wyeford. （ A） right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 19 Henry Manleys company was in deep trouble. （ A） right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 20 Henry Manleys company was making enough profits to raise the workers wages. （ A） right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 21 Henry Manley had no idea at al
14、l Why George Strong wanted to see him. （ A） right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 22 George Strong was a very creative engineer. （ A） right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 三、 概括大意与完成句子 (第 23-30题，每题 1分，共 8分 ) 下面的短文后有 2项测试任务： (1)第 23-26题要求从所给的 6个选项中为第 2-5段每段选择一个最佳标题； (2)第 27-30题要求从所给的 6个选项中为每个句子确定一个最佳选项。
15、22 Attention to the Details 1. Attention to detail is something everyone can and should do especially in a tight job market. Bob Crossley, a human-resources expert notices this in the job applications that come across his desk every day. “Its amazing how many candidates eliminate themselves, “he say
16、s. 2. “Resumes (简历 ) arrive with stains. Some candidates dont bother to spell the companys name correctly. Once I see a mistake, I eliminate the candidate, “Crossley concludes. “if they cannot take care of these details, why should we trust them with a job?“ 3. Can we pay too much attention to detai
17、ls? Absolutely Perfectionists struggle over little things at the cost of something larger they work toward. “To keep from losing the forest for the trees,“ says Charles Garfield, associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco, “we must constantly ask ourselves how the details wer
18、e working on fit into the larger picture. If they dont, we should drop them and move to something else. “ 4. Garfield compares this process to his work as a computer scientist at NASA. “The Apollo moon launch was slightly off-course 90 percent of the time.“ says Garfield. “But a successful landing w
19、as still likely because we knew the exact coordinates of our goal. This allowed us to make adjustments as necessary . “Knowing where we want to go helps us judge the importance of every task we undertake. 5. Too often we believe what accounts for others success is some special secret or a lucky brea
20、k (机遇 ). But rarely is success so mysterious. Again and again, we see that by doing little things within our grasp well, large rewards follow. A. Dont Be a Perfectionist B. The Benefits of Knowing Where We Want to Go C. Hard Work Plus Good Luck D. The Outcomes of Our Efforts E. The Importance of Att
21、ention to Detail F. Constantly Asking Ourselves about Details 23 Paragraph 1_ 24 Paragraph 3_ 25 Paragraph 4_ 26 Paragraph 5_ 26 A. rarely is success so mysterious B. large rewards follow C. I eliminate the candidate D. we should drop them and move to something else E. judge the importance of every
22、task F. because we knew the exact coordinates of our goal 27 Once I see a mistake,_. 28 If the details dont fit into the larger picture,_. 29 A successful landing was still likely_. 30 By doing little things with our efforts,_. 四、 阅读理解 (第 31-45题，每题 3分，共 45分 ) 下面有 3篇短文后有 5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题选 1个最佳选项。 30 S
23、torms Sink Ships Rescuers 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 near the capital city of Dhakfi a
24、s 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 passengers fitted into a space m
25、ade 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 Bangladesh dont always keep
26、passenger lists, making it difficult to determine the exact number of people on board. 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 year in Bangladesh, as are
27、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 checks on weather conditions. Ferries are a common means of transport in Bangla
28、desh. It is a country covered by about 230 rivers. Some 20,000 ferries use the nations waterways every year, a. And many of them are dangerously overcrowded. Since 1977, more than 3,000 people have died in some 260 boating accidents. 31 How many people have been found dead in the two ferry disasters
29、? （ A） Over 130 （ B） At least 40 （ C） About 400 （ D） Over 3,000 32 The two ferry disasters occurred _. （ A） at noon （ B） in the morning （ C） at night （ D） in the afternoon 33 How many passengers was MV Mitali designed to carry? （ A） 500 （ B） 100 （ C） 400 （ D） 300 34 Officials attribute boating accid
30、ent to _. （ A） strong winds （ B） bad weather conditions （ C） the blockages of waterways （ D） the lack of safety measures 35 Which of the following statements is NOT true of the two ferry disasters? （ A） They were overcrowded （ B） They sank on April 21 （ C） The exact number of deaths could be easily
31、determined （ D） They sank somewhere near Dhaka 35 The Cherokee Nation Long before the white man came to America, the land belonged to the American Indian nations. The nation of the Cherokees lived in what is now the southeastern part of the United States. After the white man came, the Cherokees copi
32、ed 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 down the spoken Cherokee language. He began by making word pictures. For each word he drew a picture. But that proved impossible -there were just too man
33、y 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 long, many Cherokees knew how to read and write in their own language. By 1828, they wer
34、e 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. It belonged to them. Why should they go to a strange land far beyond the Mississippi R
35、iver? 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 their belongings. The rest of the people marched on foot or rode on horseback. It was Nov
36、ember, 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 group arrived in their new home in March 1839, more than 4,000 had been died. It was indeed
37、 a march of death. 36 The Cherokee Nation used to live _. （ A） on the American continent （ B） in the southeastern part of the US （ C） beyond the Mississippi River （ D） in the western territory 37 One of the ways that Sequoyah copied from the white man is the way of _. （ A） writing down the spoken la
38、nguage （ B） making word pictures （ C） teaching his people reading （ D） printing their own newspaper 38 A law was passed in 1830 to _. （ A） allow the Cherokees to stay where they were （ B） send the army to help the Cherokees （ C） force the Cherokees to move westward （ D） forbid the Cherokees to read
39、their newspaper 39 When the Cherokees began to leave their lands, _. （ A） they went in carts （ B） they went on horseback （ C） they marched on foot （ D） all of the above 40 Many Cherokees died on their way to their new home mainly because _. （ A） they were not willing to go there （ B） the government
40、did not provide transportation （ C） they did not have enough food and clothes （ D） the journey was long and boring 40 Snow Ranger The two things snow and mountains which are needed for a ski area, are the two things that cause avalanches, large mass of snow and ice crushing down the side of a mounta
41、in often 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 1937 at Alta, Utah, in Wasatch National Forest. This mountain valley was becoming well
42、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 Alta and other major ski resorts in the west was dependent upon controlling the avalanche. Th
43、e 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 should have at least a high school education, and the more colle
44、ge 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 mountainsides to reduce their killing strength. The snow ranger
45、 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 slopes. He pulls the trigger on a 75 mm. Recoilless rifle,
46、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. 41 The snow rangers are employees of _. （ A） the Forest Service （ B） the Resource Bureau （ C） the Tourist Boa
47、rd （ D） the Sports Bureau 42 A snow ranger himself must be _. （ A） a college graduate （ B） a physicist （ C） a geologist （ D） a mountaineer 43 A snow ranger uses very powerful guns _. （ A） to warn skiers of an approaching avalanche （ B） to signal for help in an emergency （ C） to create an avalanche （
48、 D） to communicate with the ski area operator 44 What is the primary duty of the snow ranger? （ 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） To forecast the weather. 45 The passage
49、 implies that a snow ranger _. （ A） knows how to use a pistol （ B） must write lengthy reports on his work （ C） may travel many miles when he is on duty （ D） has a long working day 五、 补全短文 (第 46-50，每题 2分，共 10分 ) 下面的短文有 5处空白，短文后有 6个句子，其中 5个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。 45 You Need Courage Shortly after I began a career in business, I learned that Carl Weatherup, president of Pe
