1、2008 年度全国职称英语等级考试试题综合类（B 级）试题第 1 部分：词汇选项（第 115 题，每题 1 分，共 15 分）下面每个句子中均有 1 个词或短语划有底横线，请为每处划线部分确定 1 个意义最为接近的选项。1. She found me very dull. A. dirty B. sleepyC. lazy D. boring2. The President made a brief visit to Beijing. A. short B. workingC. formal D. secret3. He was persuaded to give up the idea. A
2、. mention B. acceptC. consider D. drop4. Jack consumes a pound of cheese a day. A. eats B. drinkC. buys D. produces5. Mary just told US a very fascinating story. A. strange B. frighteningC. difficult D. interesting6. Its a gorgeous day anyway. A. lovely B. coldC. normal D. rainy7. Her life is becomi
3、ng more diverse.A. generous B. humorousC. varied D. romantic8. Foreign military aid was prolonging the war.A. broadening B. worseningC. extending D. accelerating9. She was unwilling to go but she had no choiceA. unable B. indecisiveC. ready D. reluctantl0. She is slender, with delicate wrists and an
4、kles.A. sick B. weakC. slim D. pale11. With immense relief, I stopped running.A. some B. enormousC. little D. extensive12. The scientists began to accumulate data.A. collect B. handleC. analyze D. investigate13. Jack eventually overtook the last truck.A. hit B. passedC. reached D. led14. Sometimes i
5、t is advisable to book hotels in advance.A. possible B. profitableC. easy D. wise15. The reason for their unusual behavior remains a puzzle.A. fact B. mysteryC. statement D. game第 2 部分：阅读判断（第 1622 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
6、，请选择 C。PetitionsPetitions have long been a part of British political life. Anyone who wanted to change something would get a list of signatures form people who agreed to the idea and either send them to the government or deliver them personally to the Prime Ministers house in London.They are always
7、accepted at the door by one of the PMs officials. What happens then? Nothing much, usually. But petitions have always been thought of as a useful way for those who govern to find out what the people really think.Thats why the UK government launched its “e-petition” site in November 2006. Instead of
8、physically collecting signatures, all anyone with an idea has to do now is to make a proposal on the government website, and anyone who supports the idea is free to add his or her signature.The petitions soon started to flow in. the idea was for the British people to express their constructive ideas
9、. Many chose instead to express their sense of humor.One petitioner called on Tony Blair to “stop the Deputy Prime Minister eating so much”. Another wanted to expel（驱逐）Scotland from the United Kingdom because Scottish football fans never support England in the World Cup.Other petitioners called on t
10、he Prime Minister to abolish the monarchy. Some wanted to give it more power. Some wanted to oppose the United States. Others wanted to leave the European Union. Some wanted to send more troops to lraq and others wanted them all brought home. Some wanted to adopt the euro（欧元）. Others wanted to keep
11、the pound.Yet if some petitions are not serious, others present a direct challenge to government policy. A petition calling on the government to drop plans to charge drivers for using roads has already drawn around 1.8 million signatures. In response to that, a rival petition has been posted in supp
12、ort of road pricing. And that is also rapidly growing.There are about 60 million people in Britain, so it is understandable that the government wants to find out what people are thinking. But the problem with the e-petition site seems to be that the British people have about 70 million opinions, and
13、 want the Prime Minister to hear all of them. Perhaps he could start a petition asking everyone to just shut up for a while.16 A petition needs to be signed.A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned17 The Prime Minister reads petitions every day.A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned18 A petition has to be mailed to
14、 the Prime Ministers house in London.A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned19 Petitions have been taken to be one of the ways for the British people to express their ideas.A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned20 No other governments have launched their e-petition sites.A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned21 All petit
15、ions are serious.A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned22 It is impossible for the Prime Minister to hear all of the opinions.A 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）下面的短文后有 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 个最佳标题；（2）第 2730 题要求从所给的 6 个选项中为每个句子确定 1个最佳选项。A New Citizen
16、ship Test1 Last week, a sample of the new US citizenship（公民身份）exam was released by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services（US-CIS）. It will be tried out in 10 cities early next year to replace the current test in 2008. Instead of asking how many stripes the US flag has, as the current test does,
17、 the new one asks why there are 13 stripes. Instead of having to name the branches of government, an applicant is asked to explain why there are three. 2 “The goal is to make it more meaningful.” explains Emilio Gonzalez, director of the US-CIS. Immigrants who pass it are expected to have a better “
18、understanding and respect” for US civic（公民的）values, Gonzalez says. 3 The US isnt the only country dealing with citizenship tests that aim to get a “shared commitment” from immigrants for their adopted countrys “values”. 1n recent years, in addition to the usual requirement of language/work skills an
19、d economic status, several European countries have adopted citizenship tests. Britain introduced a new citizenship test Last November. In March, a new butch law-took effect requiring all would-be immigrants to take a citizenship test. It involved watching a video showing nude（裸体的）women bathing at be
20、aches and gay（同性恋的）men kissing in public. The aim was to ensure that newcomers will be comfortable with the countrys liberal social mores.4 Europe has been known for welcoming immigrants for decades. But, today, the fact is that some immigrants are kept apart from Inca citizens by culture and they b
21、ecome hostile to each other. Promoting integration has become a major concern for European countries, after the rioting in Muslim ghettoes（少数民族聚居区）in France and the killing Of Dutch public figures by religious extremists. 5 Officials believe that a persons attachment to a country can be tested by hi
22、s or her knowledge of the country. However, some critics say that the changes can do little to help people assimilate（同化） themselves. “Immigration is a culture war today. Is giving a new test the right way to lessen the accusations in that fight?” says Ali Noonan, of the Massachusetts Immigrant and
23、Refugee Advocacy Coalition（难民辩护联盟） . 23. Paragraph 2_24. Paragraph 3_25. Paragraph 4_26. Paragraph 5_27. The questions in the new citizenship test are more difficult28. Would-be immigrants to the US are expected29. In the Dutch citizenship test, all would-be immigrants are required30. Some people fe
24、ar that changes in the citizenship test will do little第 4 部分：阅读理解（第 3145 题，每题 3 分，共 45 分）A Preparation for taking a citizenship testB citizenship tests in European countriesC importance of promoting integrationD Necessity to know the branches of governmentE Different views on the new citizenship tes
25、tF goal of the new citizenship testA to know a lot more about the countryB to watch a videoC to help immigrants accept the new cultureD to marry American citizensE to do low-skill jobsF to answer下面有 3 篇短文，每篇短文后有 5 道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定 1 个最佳选项。第一篇Political SpinsLast week, US White House spokesman Tony Sn
26、ow sent journalists digging for their dictionaries. He called recent criticism by the former President Bill Clinton “chutzpah”（大胆放肆）. With just one sentence, Snow managed to make headlines, a joke and a defense of President George W. Bush. Interestingly, this is how battles are fought and won in US
27、politics-with carefully-worded one-liners（一行字幕新闻）made for TV which often lack substance and clarity（清晰度）. “The amount of information that candidates attempt to communicate to people is actually getting smaller and smaller,” said Mark Smith, a political science professor at Cedarville University. Thi
28、s has been accompanied by a changing media environment, Smith said. In 1968, the average TV or radio sound bite（演讲中的句子或短语） was 48 seconds, according to Smith. In 1996, the average sound bite had shrunk to 8 seconds. Thus, politicians wanting publicity try to make their public communication as quotab
29、le as possible.Campaigning politicians also use 30-second“I V ads and clever campaign slogans to boost their messages. Republican presidential candidate John McCain rides to campaign stops in a bus named the “Straight-Talk Express”. Mocking hopes the name will convince voters he plans to tell people
30、 the truthwhether its in fashion or not. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, has chosen the campaign slogan “Let the conversation begin”. She hopes it will help her appear open-minded and friendly. But one-liners, TV ads and campaign slogans all have a single key in
31、gredient: something commonly called political “spin”. Brooks Jackson, a former journalist and the current director of the non-partisan（无党派的）website Fact Check. org, calls spin “ just a polite word for deception（欺骗）. ”“I do believe that very often politicians believe their own spin.” said Jackson. “S
32、trong partisans suffer from a universal human tendency: They ignore the evidence that would force them into the uncomfortable position of having to change their minds and admit that they were wrong.”31. Which statement is NOT true of one-liners?A They are unclear.B. They contain a lot of information
33、C They lack substanceD They are carefully constructed.32. What changed from 1968 to 1996?A. Publicity.B. Information.C. Communication.D. The average sound bite.33. The campaign slogan “Straight-Talk Express” aims at convincing voters that the Presidential candidate isA. honest.B. friendly.C. open-mi
34、nded.D. warm-hearted.34. According to Brooks Jackson, all campaign slogans areA. attractive.B. impressive.C. deceptive.D. informative.35. Which statement best describes strong partisans? A. They are very funny.B. They are very healthy.C. They are very aggressive.D. They are very stubborn（顽固的）.第二篇A T
35、ale of Scottish Rural LifeLewis Grassic Gibbons Sunset Song （1932） was voted “the best Scottish novel of all time” by Scotlands reading public in 2005. Once considered shocking for its frank description of aspects of the lives of Scotlands poor rural farmers, it has been adapted for stage, film, TV
36、and radio in recent decades.The novel is set on the fictional estate of Kin Addie, in the farming country of the Scottish northwest in the years up to and beyond World War I. At its heart is the story of Chris, who is both part of the community and a little outside it.Grassic Gibbon gives us the mos
37、t detailed and intimate account of the life of his heroine（女主人公）. We watch her grow through a childhood dominated by her cruel but hard-working father; experience tragedy （her mothers suicide and murder of her twin children）; and learn about her feelings as she grows into a woman. We see her marry,
38、lose her husband, then marry again. Chris has seemed so convincing a figure to some female readers that they cannot believe that she is the creation of a man.But it would be misleading to suggest that this book is just about Chris. It is truly a novel of a place and its people. Its opening section t
39、ells of Kin Addies long history, in a language that imitates the places changing, patterns of speech and writing.The story itself is amazingly full of characters and incidents. It is told from Chris point of view but also from that of the gossiping community, a community where everybody knows everyb
40、ody elses business and nothing is ever forgotten.Sunset Song has a social theme too. It is concerned with what Grassic Gibbon perceives as the destruction of traditional Scottish rural life first by modernization and then by World War I. Gibbon tried hard to show how certain characters resist the wa
41、r. Despite this, the war takes the young men away, a number of them to their deaths. In particular, it takes away Chris husband, Evan Avondale. The war finally kills Evan, but not in the way his widow is told. In fact, the Germans arent responsible for his death, but his own side. He is shot because
42、 he is said to have run away from a battle.If the novel is about the end of one way of life, it also looks ahead. It is a “Sunset Song” but is concerned too with the new Kin Addie, indeed of the new European world. Grassic Gibbon went on to publish two other novels about the place that continue its
43、story.36. What is Sunset Song mainly about?A. The First World War.B. The beauty of the sunset.C. The new European world.D. The lives of rural Scottish farmers37. Which statement is NOT true of Chris?A. She is the heroine of Sunset SongB. She had a miserable childhood.C. She is the creation of a man.
44、D. She married only once.38. What is the opening section of the novel mainly concerned with?A. The climate of Kinraddie.B. The history of Kinraddie.C. The geography of Kinraddie.D. The language spoken in Kinraddie.39. Who killed Chris husband, Ewan?A. His own troops.B. The French army.C. The Germans
45、.D. The Russian soldiers.40. The word “Sunset” in the title of this novel most probably meansA. the end of the heroines life.B. the end of the story.C. the end of the traditional way of life.D. the end of the day.第三篇Centers of the Great European CitiesThe centers of the great cities of Europe are me
46、eting places by tradition. People gather there to drink coffee and chat late into the night. A mixture of locals and tourists make for an exciting, metropolitan（大都市的）atmosphere. Squares, plazas（广场）and arcades（拱廊）form the heart of Europes cities. Venice、 in Italy has the Piazza San Marco - a beautifu
47、l square surrounded by shops, churches, restaurants and cafes。In Barcelona, Spain, La Becquerel is a lively market with hundreds of stalls selling all kinds of goods. Londons Covent Garden is filled with fruit and vegetable stalls by day and musicians, acrobats（杂技演员）and artists by night. The governm
48、ent buildings at the center of many cities often are architecturally impressive In London, they serve as a beautiful backdrop（背景）to the coffee tables that line the streets and the banks of the Thames. These vibrant（有活力的）hearts are the product of centuries of evolution, social historian Joel Garreau told US News and World Report recently. “The reason people think Venice is so great today is you dont see all the mistakes,” said Girardeau. “Those have all been removed.” Most European cities were laid out before the invention of the car, so bar
