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1、职称英语（综合类）C 级模拟试卷 21（无答案）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 Even in a highly modernized country, manual work is still needed.（A）expressive（B） physical（C） exaggerated（D）dubious2 Techniques to harness the energy of the sun are being developed.（A）convert（

2、B） store（C） utilize（D）receive3 Many residents of apartment complexes object to noisy neighbors.（A）managers（B） occupants（C） landlords（D）caretakers4 The steadily rising cost of labor on the waterfront has greatly increased the cost of shipping cargo by water.（A）continuously（B） quickly（C） excessively（D

3、）exceptionally5 Hundreds of years ago cloves were used to remedy headaches.（A）disrupt（B） diagnose（C） evaporate（D）cure6 John Hanson helped draft instructions for Marylands delegates to the Stamp Act Congress.（A）clarify（B） formulate（C） revise（D）contribute7 Practically all species of animals communicat

4、e either through sounds or through a large repertory of soundless codes.（A）Simultaneously（B） Almost（C） Absolutely（D）Basically8 Sulphur has occasionally been found in the earth in an almost pure state.（A）regularly（B） accidentally（C） sometimes（D）successfully9 When doves are about two weeks old, they a

5、re covered with grey feathers and are ready to try their wings.（A）grow（B） wrap（C） hide（D）test10 I rarely wear a raincoat because I spend most of my time in a car.（A）normally（B） seldom（C） continuously（D）usually11 When she was invited to the party, she readily accepted.（A）willingly（B） suddenly（C） firm

6、ly（D）quickly12 Newborn babies can discriminate between a mans and a womans voice.（A）treat（B） distinguish（C） express（D）analyzes13 You must shine your shoes.（A）lighten（B） clean（C） wash（D）polish14 The majority of people around here are decent people.（A）honest（B） rich（C） good-looking（D）high-ranking15 A

7、deadly disease has affected these animals.（A）contagious（B） serious（C） fatal（D）worrying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 TV Games ShowsOne of the most fascinating things about television is the size of the au

8、dience. A novel can be on the “best sellers“ list with a sale of fewer than 100, 000 copies, 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

9、 for the prize and money. A quiz show can make anyone a star, 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 instr

10、uctor, became rich and famous after winning money on several shows. He even had a career as a television personality. But 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 contestant

11、s beforehand. Why? Because if the audience didnt like the person 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 serious

12、ly. In fact, some of them try to be as ridiculous as possible. 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. P

13、eople still win money, but the real prize is to be in front of an audience of millions.16 TV can make a beggar world famous overnight.（A）Right（B） Wrong（C） Not mentioned17 The principle behind “quiz“ or “game“ shows is to put ordinary people on TV to play a game for prizes and money.（A）Right（B） Wrong

14、（C） Not mentioned18 Prizes and money are usually provided by TV stars and large companies.（A）Right（B） Wrong（C） Not mentioned19 One of the TV personalities, Charles Van Doren was proved to be cheating by persuading the shows producers to give him the answers beforehand.（A）Right（B） Wrong（C） Not mentio

15、ned20 The huge scandal of cheating in TV games shows was not exposed until 40 years later in the movie“Quiz Show“.（A）Right（B） Wrong（C） Not mentioned21 Nowadays game shows are not treated as seriously as they used to be.（A）Right（B） Wrong（C） Not mentioned22 Winners of present day TV game shows no long

16、er get money from the shows.（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。22 More Than 8 Hours Sleep Too Much of a Good ThingAlthough the dangers of too little sleep are widely

17、 known, new research suggests that people who sleep too much may also suffer the consequences.Investigators at the University of California in San Diego found that people who clock up 9 or 10 hours each weeknight appear to have more trouble falling and staying asleep, as well as a number of other sl

18、eep problems, than people who sleep 8 hours a night. People who slept only 7 hours each night also said they had more trouble falling asleep and feeling refreshed after a nights sleep than 8-hour sleepers.These findings, which DL Daniel Kripke reported in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, demonstr

19、ate that people who want to get a good nights rest may not need to set aside, more than 8 hours a night. He added that “it might be a good idea“ for people who sleep more than 8 hours each night to consider reducing the amount of time they spend in bed, but cautioned that more research is needed to

20、confirm this.Previous studies have shown the potential dangers of chronic shortages of sleepfor instance, one report demonstrated that people who habitually sleep less than 7 hours each night have a higher risk of dying within a fixed period than people who sleep more.For the current report, Kripke

21、reviewed the responses of 1, 004 adults to sleep questionnaires, in which participants indicated how much they slept during the week and whether they experienced any sleep problems. Sleep problems included waking in the middle of the night, arising early in the morning and being unable to fall back

22、to sleep, and having fatigue interfere with day-to-day functioning.Kripke found that people who slept between 9 and 10 hours each night were more likely to report experiencing each sleep problem than people who slept 8 hours. In an interview, Kripke noted that long sleepers may struggle to get rest

23、at night simply because they spend too much time in bed. As evidence, he added that one way to help insomnia is to spend less time in bed. “It stands to reason that if a person spends too long a time in bed, then theyll spend a higher percentage of time awake, “he said.A. Keprikes research toolB. Da

24、ngers of Habitual shortages of sleepC. Criticism on Kripkes reportD. A way of overcoming insomniaE. Sleep problems of long and short sleepersF. Classification of sleep problems23 Paragraph 2 _24 Paragraph 4_25 Paragraph 5 _26 Paragraph 6 _26 A. fall asleep againB. become more energetic the following

25、 dayC. sleep less than 7 hoursD. confirm those serious consequencesE. suffer sleep problemsF. sleep more than 8 hours27 To get a good nights rest, people may not need to_.28 Long sleepers are reported to be more likely to_.29 One of the sleep problems is waking in the middle of the night, unable to_

26、.30 One survey showed that people who habitually_each night have a higher risk of dying.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 The Barbie DollsIn the mid 1940s, the young ambitious duo Ruth and Elliot Handler, owned a company that made wooden pictures frames. It wa

27、s in 1945 that Ruth and Elliot Handler joined with their close friend Harold Mattson to form a company that would be known for the most famous and successful doll ever created. This company would be named Mattel, MATT for Mattson and EL for Elliot.In the mid 1950s, while visiting Switzerland, Ruth H

28、andler purchased a German Lilly doll. Lilly was a shapely, pretty fashion doll first made in 1955. She was originally fashioned after a famous cartoon character in the West German Newsletter, Build.Lilly is the doll that would inspire Ruth Handler to design the Barbie doll. With the help of her tech

29、nicians and engineers at Mattel, Barbie was born. Ruth then hired Charlotte Johnson, a fashion designer, to create Barbies wardrobe. It was in 1958 that the patent for Barbie was obtained. This would be a fashion doll unlike any of her time. She would be long limbed, shapely, beautiful, and only 11.

30、 5 inches tall. Ruth and Elliot would name their new fashion doll after their own daughter, Barbie.In 1959, the Barbie doll would make her way to the New York Toy Show and receive a cool reception from the toy buyers.Barbie has undergone a lot of changes over the years and has managed to keep up wit

31、h current trends in hairstyles, makeup and clothing. She is a reflection of the history of fashion since her introduction to the toy market.Barbie has a universal appeal and collectors both young and old enjoy time spent and memories made with their dolls.31 When Ruth and Elliot Handler was young, t

32、hey had a strong desire_.（A）to go to school（B） to take photos（C） to make frames（D）to be highly successful32 Who owned MATTEL?（A）Mattson.（B） Elliot.（C） Harold Mattson and Elliot Handler.（D）Harold Mattson, Ruth and Ellion Handler.33 It can be inferred from the second paragraph that Lilly was fashioned

33、 after（A）Build.（B） a German doll.（C） a pretty girl.（D）a shapely woman.34 Where did Ruth Handlers inspiration for the design of the Barbie doll come from?（A）Barbie.（B） Lilly.（C） Charlotte Johnson.（D）A fashion designer.35 Which of the following statements is NOT true of the Barbie doll?（A）She does not

34、 attract young men.（B） She has undergone many changes over the years.（C） She is 11. 5 inches tall.（D）She has managed to keep up with fashion.35 SleepWe all know that the normal human daily cycle of activity is of some 7-8 hours sleep alternating with some 16-17 hours wakefulness and that, broadly sp

35、eaking, the sleep normally coincides with the hours of darkness. Our present concern is with how easily and to what extent this cycle can be modified.The question is no more academic one. The case, for example, with which people can change from working in the day to working at night is a question of

36、 growing importance in industry where automation calls insistently for round the clock working of machines. It normally takes from five days to one week for a person to adapt to a reversed routine of sleep and wakefulness, sleeping during the day and working at night. Unfortunately it is often the c

37、ase in industry that shifts are changed every week; a person may work from 12 midnight to 8 a. m. one week , 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. the next, and 4 p. m. to 12 midnight the third and so on. This means that no sooner has he got used to one routine than he has to change to another, so that much of his tim

38、e is spent neither working nor sleeping very efficiently.One answer would seem to be longer periods on each shift, a month, or even three months. Recent research by Bonjer of the Netherlands, however, has shows that people on such systems will revert to their normal habits of sleep and wakefulness d

39、uring the weekend and that this is quite enough to destroy any adaptation to night work built up during the week.The only real solution appears to be to hand over the night shift to a corps of permanent night workers whose nocturnal wakefulness may persist through all weekend and holidays. An intere

40、sting study of the domestic life and health of night shift workers was carried out by Brown. She found a high incidence of disturbed sleep, digestive disorder and domestic disruption among those on alternating day and night shifts, but no abnormal occurrence of these symptoms among those on permanen

41、t night work.36 The question raised in paragraph 1 is“no more academic one“（A）because Bonjers findings are different from Browns.（B） because sleep normally coincides with the hours of darkness.（C） because some people can change their sleeping habits easily.（D）because shift work in industry requires

42、people to change their sleeping habits.37 According to the passage, the main problem about night work is that（A）people hate the inconvenience of working on night shifts.（B） your life is disturbed by changing from day to night routines and back.（C） not all industries work at the same hours.（D）it is d

43、ifficult to find a corps of good night workers.38 According to the passage, the best solution on the problem seems to be（A）not to change shifts from one week to the next.（B） to make periods on each shift longer.（C） to employ people who will always work at night.（D）to find ways of selecting people wh

44、o adapt quickly.39 In the second paragraph, “the third“means（A）the third week.（B） the third shift.（C） a third of the time.（D）the third routine.40 In the last sentence of the second paragraph, “another“means（A）another routine.（B） another shift.（C） another week.（D）another person.40 More Than Just Mone

45、yWhen Patricia Rochester decided to go back to school after ten years as a staff nurse at Toronto Western Hospital. Her employer not only cheered her on. But also Paid her tuition and gave her a day off with pay every week to study. Throughout her years at the hospital, Rochester has also taken work

46、shops on everything from coaching peers to career developmentcourses that she believes have helped her advance at work. “Im now head of the mentoring(指导)program for new hires. Students and staff nurses. “she says. “Theres a lot of room for personal improvement here. “Perhaps as important, Rochester

47、says her employer supports and values her work. If you put in overtime. “The nurse points out “you get your mealstheyll order in pizza or Greek food or Chinese. “ And if staffers feel stiff and stressed from too many hours on the ward. They can call for a flee 15-minute shoulder-and-neck massage(按摩)

48、or even sign up for an eight-week evening course on meditation skills and stress-relief. If thats not enough, employees can take advantage of five family days a year that can be used if the kids come down with the flu or an aging parent needs ferrying to an important doctors appointment. And they ha

49、ve access to a range of perks(好处)such as special rates on hotel rooms, drugstore purchases, and scholarships for employeeschildren.You might wonder how an organization can provide such resources and still survive. But University Health Network is one of a number of progressive employers in Canada that have discovered that investing in staff is good business.If such initiatives help companies cut down on turnover(人员更替)alone, theyre well worthwhile. Says Prem Ben