1、2005 年职称英语等级综合类(B 级)试题考试试题、答案及题解第 1 部分：词汇选项 (第 1 15 题，每题 1 分，共 15 分)下面共有 15 个句子，每个句子中均有 1 个词或短语画有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的 4 个选项中选择 1 个与画线部分意义最相近的词或短语。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。1 It is obvious that he will win the gameA likely B possibleC clear D probable2 The earth moves around the sunA before B roundC after D over3 D
2、id anyone call when l was out?A everyoneC nobodyB someoneD anybody4 It took us a long time to mend the houseA build B destroyC design D repair5 I dont quite follow what she is sayingA observe B understandC explain D describe6 We can no longer tolerate his actionsA put up with B acceptC take D receiv
3、e7 Loud noises can be irritatingA hateful B painfulC stimulating D annoying8 In the background was that eternal humA long B never-endingC boring D extensive9 The Constitutions vague nature has given it the flexibility to be adapted whencircumstances changeA imprecise B apparentC clear D easy10Gambli
4、ng is lawful in NevadaA enjoyable B irresistibleC legal D profitable11These are the motives for doing itA reasons B excusesC answers D replies12The river widens considerably as it begins to turn westA extends B stretchesC broadens D bends13 Many economists have given in to the fatal lure of mathemat
5、icsA error B puzzleC attraction D contradiction14 With immense relief I stopped runningA no B littleC scarce D enormous15 A great deal has been done to remedy the situationA maintain B improveC preserve D protect第 2 部分：阅读判断 (第 1622 题，每题 1 分，共 7 分)阅读下面这篇短文，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，
6、请在答题卡上把 A 涂黑；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请在答题卡上把 B 涂黑；如果该句的信息文章中没有提及，请在答题卡上把 C 涂黑。They Say Irelands the BestIreland is the best place in the world to live in for 2005according to a life quality ranking that appeared in Britains Economist magazine last weekThe ambitious attempt to compare happiness levels around th
7、e world is based on theprinciple that wealth is not the only measure of human satisfaction and well-beingThe index of 111countries uses data on incomes,health,unemployment,climate,politicalstability,job security，gender equality as well as what the magazine calls“freedom，family andcommunity 1ife”Desp
8、ite the bad weather, troubled health service，traffic congestion(拥挤)，gender inequality and the high cost of livingIreland scored an impressive 833 Points out 0f 10That put it well ahead of second-place Switzerlandwhich managed 807Zimbabwetroubled by political insecurity and hunger, is rated the gloom
9、iest(最差的)，picking up only 389points“Although rising incomes and increased individual choices are highly valued ”the report said，“some of the factors associated with modernization such as the breakdown(崩溃)intraditional institutions and family values in part take away from a positive impact ”“Ireland
10、wins because it successfully combines the most desirable elements of the newwith the preservation of certain warm elements of the old，such as stable family and community life”The magazine admitted measuring quality of life is not a straightforward thing to do，and that its findings would have their c
11、riticsNo2 on the 1ist is SwitzerlandThe other nations in the top 10 are NorwayLuxembourgSweden,Australia，Iceland ，Italy,Denmark and SpainThe UK is positioned at No29,a much lower position chiefly because of the social andfamily breakdown recorded in official statisticsThe US，which has the second hig
12、hest per capitaGDP(人均国内生产总值)after Luxembourg ，took the 13th place in the survey China was in theLower half of the league at 60th16 For 2，005 years，Ireland has been the best place for humans to live inA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned17 Job security is the least important measure of life qualityA Right
13、 B Wrong C Not mentioned18 Cost of living in Ireland is pretty highA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned19 Family life in Zimbabwe is not stableA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned20 Ireland is positioned at No 1 because it combines the most desirable elements of the newwith some good elements of the oldA Righ
14、t B Wrong C Not mentioned2l To measure life quality is easyA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned22 The United States of America is among the top 10 countriesA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned第 3 部分：概括大意与完成句子 (第 2330 题，每题 1 分，共 8 分)阅读下面这篇短文，短文后有 2 项测试任务：(1)第 2326 题要求从所给的 6 个选项中为第 25 段每段选择 1 个正确的小标题；(2)第 2730
15、题要求从所给的 6 个选项中选择 4 个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。Even Intelligent People Can Fail1 The striking thing about the innovators who succeeded in making our modern world is howoften they failedTurn oil a light，take a photograph，watch TV,search the web，jet across thePacific Oceantalk on a cellphone(手机)The
16、 innovators who left us these things had to find theway to success through a maze(错综复杂)of wrong turns2 We have just celebrated the 125th anniversary of American innovator Thomas Edisonssuccess in heating n thin line to white，hot heat for 14 hours in his lab in New Jersey，USHe didthat on October 2218
17、79and followed up a month later by keeping a thread of commoncardboard alight(点亮着的)in an airless space for 45 hoursThree years later he went on to lightup half a square mile of downtown Manhattan，even though only one of the six power plants inhis design worked when he turned it on，on September 4，188
18、23 “Many of 1ifeS failures”the supreme innovator said “are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up”Before that magical moment in October 1879Edison had worked out no fewer than 3000 theories about electric lightBut in only two cases didhis experiments work4 N0 one
19、 likes failure，but the smart innovators learn from it Mark Gumzthe head of thecamera maker Olympus America Incattributes some of the companyS successes in technologyto understanding failureHis popular phrase is：“You only fail when you quit”5 0ver two centuries,the most common quality of the innovato
20、rs has been persistence That isanother way of saying they had the emotional ability to keep up what they were doingWaltDisney,the founder of Disneyland，was so broke after a succession of financial failures that hewas left shoeless in his office because he could not afford the US$150 to get his shoes
21、 from therepair shopPioneering Car maker Henry Ford failed with one company and was forced out ofanother before he developed the Model T Car6 Failure is harder to bear in todays open,accelerated worldHardly any innovation worksthe first time But an impatient society and the media want instant succes
22、s When Americanmusic and movie master David Geffen had a difficult time，a critic said nastily that the onlydifference between Geffen Records (Geffens company)and the Titanic(the ship that went down) was that the Titanic had better musicActually，it wasntAfter four years of 10ssesGeffen had so many hi
23、ts(成功的作品)he could afford a ship as big as the Titanic all to himself第 4 部分：阅读理解(第 31 45 题，每题 3 分，共 45 分)下面有 3 篇短文，每篇短文后有 5 道题，每道题后面有 4 个选项。请根据文章的内容从每题所给的 4 个选项中选择 1 个最佳答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。第一篇Two People，Two PathsYou must be familiar with the situation：Dads driving，Mum s telling him where to goHessure that
24、 they need to turn 1eftBut she says its not for another two blocksWho has the bettersense of direction?Men or women?They both do,a new study saysbut in different waysMen and womenCanadian researchers have found ，have different methods of finding theirwayMen look quickly at landmarks f 地标)and head of
25、f in what they think is the right directionWomenhowevertry to picture the whole route in detail and then f01low the path in their head，“Women tend to be more detailed ”said Edward Cornell，who led the study。 “while mentend to be a little bit faster anda little bit more intuitive(直觉感知的)”In factsaid Co
26、rnell “sense of direction”isnt one skill but twoThe first is the“survey method， This is when you see an area from above，such as a printedmap You can seefor example，where the hospital is，where the church is and that thesupermarket is on its rightThe second skill is the“route method”This is when you u
27、se a series of directionsYon startfrom the hospitalthen turn 1eftturn right，go uphilland then you see the supermarketMen are more likely to use the survey method while women are more likely to use one routeand follow directionsBoth workand neither is betterSome scientists insist that these different
28、 skills have a long historyThey argue it is becauseof the difference in traditional rolesIn ancient timesyoung men often went far away with the older men to fish or hunt The triptook hours or days and covered unfamiliar placesThe only way to know where you were was touse the survey method to remembe
29、r landmarksthe mountainsthe 1akes and so onThe women，on the other hand，took young girls out to find fruits and plantsTheseactivities were much closer to home but required learning wellused pathsSo，womens sense of space was based on learning certain routes31 When finding his way Dad tends to rely onA
30、 his intuitive knowledgeB his book knowledgeC Mums assistanceD the polices assistance，32 Women are more likely to useA 山 e survey methodB the traditional methodC the route methodD the right method33 Which works betterthe route method or the survey method?A The survey methodB 111e route methodC Eithe
31、rD Neither34 Which of the following is NOT a landmark?A Along riverB A high mountainC A magnificent churchD A path in your head35 Women developed a sense of space out of the needA to go fishingB to go huntingC to learn well-used pathsD to go swimming第二篇Dancing in the StreetsIf there is one thing cer
32、tain to get Brazilians on their feet，it is the Rio Carnival(狂欢节)Held in Rio de Janeirothe countrys biggest citythe carnival began on February 20 when the mayor gave key of the city to Rei Momothe Lord of Misrule(无序之皇)On his orders，each year people turn the city into a paradise of dance and musicThef
33、ollowing six days are so fun of parades，street dancing，fantastic clothes and partying(聚会)thatmany people forget about eating and sleeping“It was the passion of the carnival that attracted me to Brazil and made me settle down inRio ”said Bob Nadkarnia British man who has lived in the city for several
34、 years For manyBraziliansthe centrepiece of the carnival is samba(桑巴舞)，a typical Brazilian danceEveryyear,tens of thousands of visitors and locals show off their passion and energy iu the streetsfollowing the beat(节拍)of the Latin musicThe climax to this street party is the float(彩车)parade，in which f
35、loats decorated with tonsof fresh flowers by various samba schools and local communities move through the cityOn thetop of each float stands the candidate for the Drum Queen，who is chosen at the end of the partywhile most people are free to enjoy the celebrations。Rio s police officers have to keep a
36、clear headFollowing the murder of three offlcers in a gunfight early last week，the BrazilianGovernment has tightened security in RioThe street fighting，robbery and sex crimes thataccompany the carnival are very difficult to policeCarnivals began in ancient Rome as a celebration at which people fed w
37、ild wolves，in honour of the citys founder who was said to have been raised by a shewolfBrazil gave new life to this tradition and so despite the troubles the carnival will remain a symbol of the countrys culture36 According to the passageduring the Carnival people in Rio did all of the followingEXCE
38、PTA dancing in the streetsB putting on colorful clothesC eating a lot of foodD holding exciting parades37How long does the carnival last?A Six daysB A whole weekC Eight daysD The whole of February38The word“centerpiecein the 3rd paragraph meansA the most important partB the middle partC the central
39、part of the cityD the most attractive decoration39According to the passage，Bob Nadkami isA a Brazilian who has come back from BritainB a British man who visits Rio for the carnivalC a British man who has come to live in BrazilD a Brazilian who is attracted by the carnivalWhich of the following state
40、ments is INCORRECT?A The earliest carnivals were held in ancient RomeB Carnivals were originally a tradition of the BraziliansC Carnivals were originally a tradition of the RomansD The Brazilians have integrated the Roman carnival into their culture第三篇More Than a Ride to SchoolThe National Education
41、 Association claims， “The sch001 bus is a mirror of the community ”They further add that，unfortunately，what appears on the exterior(外部)does not always reflectthe reality of a chosen communityThey are rightand sometimes it reflects more!Just ask LieslDenson Riding the school bus has been more than a
42、ride to school for LieslBruce Hardy,school bus driver for A1thouse Bus Company has been Liesls bus driver sincekindergarten Last year when Liesls family moved to Parkesburg，knowing her bus went by hernew residence， she requested to ride the same busThis year Lieslis a senior and will enjoy her last
43、year riding the busShe says “It s been agreat ride so far! My bus driver is so cool and has always been a good friend and a good listenerSometimes when youre a child adults do not think that what you have to say is importantMrHardy always listens to what you have to say and makes you feel important
44、”Her friends AshleyBatista and Amanda Wolfe agreeBmce Hardy has been making Octorara students feel special since 1975This year he willcelebrate 30 years working for Althouse Bus TransportationCompany President，Larry Althouseacknowledges Bruce Hardys outstanding record “Yon do not come by employees l
45、ike Brucethese days；he has never missed a day of work and has a perfect driving recordRecognized in2000 by the Pennsylvania School Bus Association for driving 350，000 accident free miles，HardYs reputation is made further evident through the relationships he has made with thestudents that ride his bu
46、s ”Althouse further added “Althouse Bus Transportation was established 70 years ago and hasbeen providing quality transportation ever sinceMy grandfather started the business with onebus A1thouse Bus Transportation is delighted to have the opportunity to bring distinctive andsafe service to our loca
47、l sch001 and community and looks forward to continuing to providequality service for many more years to come Three generations of business is not all the company has enjoyedThanks to drivers likeBruce Hardy, they have been building relationships through generationsLiesls mother Carolalso enjoys fond
48、 memories of riding Bruce Hardys bus to the Octorara School District41 The wordmirror”in the first line could be best replaced byA “vehicle”B device”C “company”D “reflection”42 How long has Bruce Hardy been working for Althouse Bus Transportation?A For 30 yearsB For 70 yearsC Since 1ast yearD Since 200043 Which of the following statements is NOT true of Bruce Hardy?A He is c001B He is a good friendC He is impatientD He has driven
