1、词汇选项该题型共 15 分,建议考生在 10 分钟内完成。建议考生利用词典来解答此类问题。阅读理解 相对来说比较难,3 篇文章,共 15 道题,总共 45 分。说,他十分反对考生先把每篇文章全都弄懂、看明白,然后再去做题。对于职称英语考试,需要更多地“逆序”做题。阅读判断 应回归到原文中去寻找答案。完型填空 对于此类题,要求考生在 15 分钟左右的时间内完成,尤其强调需要考生参考历年真题中的完型填空部分。建议考生将大纲中要求的 700 个词组、常见的 100 个左右句型总结下来,记在纸上,每天用一定的时间去学习。概括大意并完成句子建议使用选择中心主题句的位置的方式进行解答。一般而言,中心主题句
2、会出现在段首的第一、二句或者中间位置。补全短文 通常是一篇在 230 至 250 字之间的文章,从文中拿出 5 个独立、完整的句子,然后给出 6 个选项。说:“在做这种题型的时候,尽可能从中文的角度去思考这篇文章。 ”2005 年职称英语等级考试试题、答案及题综合类(A 级)试题第 1 部分:词汇选项 (第 115 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 These are the motives for doing it
3、.A reasons B excusesC answers 13 replies2 The river widens considerably as it begins to turn westA extends B stretchesC broadens D bends3 Many economists have given in to the fatal lure of mathematicsA error B puzzleC attraction D contradiction4 With immense relief I stopped runningA no B 1ittleC sc
4、arce D enormous5 A great deal has been done to remedy the situationA maintain B improveC preserve D protect6 John is collaborating with Mary in writing an articleA cooperating B marryingC combining D arguing7 He will consolidate his powerA strengthen B winC abandon D unite8 Many scientists have been
5、 probing psychological problemsA solving B exploringC settling D handling9.Hearing problems may be alleviated by changes in diet and exercise habitsA removed B curedC treated D lessened10 The conclusion can be deduced from the premisesA gone B derivedC done D come11 The food is insufficient for thre
6、e peopleA scarce B shortC marginal D inadequate12 Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumnA die B disappearC migrate D vanish13 But ultimately he gave inA undoubtedly B certainlyC finally D necessarily14 It is a complicated problemA strange B complexC difficult D unusual15 In Bri
7、tain and many other countries appraisal is now a tool of management-A evaluation B productionC efficiency D publicity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,请在答题卡上把 A 涂黑;如果该旬提供的是错误信息,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。Going Back to Its Birthplace
8、No sporting event takes hold of the worldS attention and imagination like the OlympicGames The football world Cup fascinates fans in Europe and South America;baseballs WorldSeries is required viewing in North America;and the world table Tennis Championships attractsthe most interest in AsiaBut the O
9、lympics belong to the whole worldNow,after travelling to 17 countries over 108years,the summer Games are returning to Athens,the place where the first modern Olympicswas heldParticipation in the Games is looked on not only as an achievement,but also as an honour,The 16 days between August 13 and 29
10、will see a record 202 countries compete,up fromSydneys 199. Afghanistan is back,having been banned from Sydney because the Talibangovernment didnt let women do sportsThere is also a place for newcomers East Timer andKiribatiA total of 10500 athletes will compete in 28 sports,watched by 5 3 million t
11、icketpayingviewers as well as a television audience of 4 billionAthens is to use its rich history and culture to make the Olympics as special as possibleTheGames will open with cycling events which start in front of the Parthenon and AcropolismonumentsThe final event will be a historic mens marathon
12、 following the 0rjgihal route l“un byPhidippides in 490 BC to bring news of victory over the PersiansThe ancient stadium at Olympiafirst used for the Games nearly three centuries ago,will stage the shot put competitionsAnd the Panathenian Stadium,where the first modern Olympicswas held,is to host th
13、e archery (射箭)eventsIf the wellknown ancient sites deliver a great sense of history to the Gamesthe 39 new venues add a modem touch to the city of Athens The main Olympic stadiumwith a giant glass and steel roof,is the landmark(标志)building of the Olympics“We believe that we will organize amagicalGam
14、es”said Athens 2004 President Gianna AngelopoulosDaskalaki“Our history with the Olympic Gaines goes back nearly 3,000 years, and Athens 2004 could be the best ever”16 The World Table Tennis Championships attracts the most interest in Asian countriesA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned17Participation in t
15、he OIympic Games is looked upon as an honor as well as an achievementA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned18 Many state leaders will attend the opening ceremonyA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned19The Games will open with cycling events because these events will take hold of the worldsattentionA Right B Wrong
16、 C Not mentioned20 The first modern Olympics was held nearly three centuries agoA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned21 The Panathenian Stadium is the landmark building of OlympicsA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned22 Athens 2004 has been proven to be the best Olympic GamesA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned第 3 部
17、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 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 failed
18、Turn on a light,take a photograph,watch TV,search the web,jet across the Pacific Ocean,talk on a cellphone(手机)The innovators who left us these things had to find the way to success through a maze(错综复杂)of wrong tarns2 we have just celebrated the 125th anniversary of American innovator Thomas Edisonss
19、uccess in heating a thin line to whitehot heat for 14 hours in his lab in New Jersey,USHe didmat on October 221879and followed up a month later by keeping a thread of commoncard board alight(点亮着的)in an airless space for 45 hoursThree years later he went on t0 light up half a square mile of downtown
20、Manhattan,even though only one of the six power plants in his design worked when he tamed it on,on September 4,18823 “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
21、 worked out no fewer than 3,000 theories about electric light,but in only two cases did his experiments work4 No one likes failurebut the smart innovators 1earn from it Mark Gumz,the head of the camera maker Olympus America Inc,attributes some of the companys successes in technologyto understanding
22、failureHis popular phrase is:“Y0n only fail when you quit”5 Over two centuriesthe most common quality of the innovators has been persistence That is another way of saying they had the emotional ability to keep up what they were doingWaltDisney,the founder of Disneyland,was so broke after a successio
23、n of financial failures that he was left shoeless in his office because he could not afford the US$150 to get his shoes from me repair shop Pioneering car maker Henry F0rd failed with one company and was forced out of another before he developed the Model T car6 Failure is harder to bear in todays o
24、penaccelerated worldHardly any innovation works the first timeBut an impatient society and the media want instant successWhen American music and movie master David Geffen had a difficult timea critic said nastily that the only difference between Geffen Records(Geffens company)and the Titanic(the shi
25、p that went down) was that the Titanic had better music Actually,it wasntAfter four years of losses,Geffen had 80 many hits(成功的作品)he could afford a ship as big as the Titanic an 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
26、置上。第一篇More Than a Ride to SchoolThe National Education Association claims “The school bus is a mirror Of the community ”They further add that,unfortunately,what appears on the exterior(外部)does not always reflect the reality of a chosen communityThey are rightand sometimes it reflects more!Just ask L
27、ieslDenson Riding the school bus has been more than a ride to school for Liesl Bruce Hardysch001 bus driver for Althouse Bus Company has been Liesls bus driver since kindergarten Last year when Liesls family moved to Parkesburg,knowing her bus went by her new residence,she requested to ride the same
28、 bus This year Liesl is a senior and will enjoy her last year riding the busShe says “Its been a great ride so far!My bus driver is so c001 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 importantMr Hardy always list
29、ens to what you have to say and makes you feel important ”Her friends Ashley Batista and Amanda Wolfc agreeBrace Hardy has been making Octorara students feel special since 1975This year he will celebrate 30 years working for Althouse Bus TransportationCompany President。Larry A1thouse acknowledges Br
30、uce Hardys outstanding record “You do not come by employees 1ike Bruce these 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
31、the relationships he has made with the students that ride his bus A1thouse further added “Althouse Bus Transportation was established 70 years ago and has been providing quality transportation ever since MY grandfather started the business with one busAlthouse Bus Transportation is delighted to have
32、 the opportunity to bring distinctive and safe service to our local school and community and looks forward to continuing to provide quality service for many more years to come Three generations of business is not all the company has enjoyedThanks to 出 ivers like Bruce Hardy,they have been building r
33、elationships through generationsLiesls mother CaroI also enjoys fond memories of riding Bruce Hardys bus to the Octorara Sch001 District31 The word“mirrorin the first line could be best replaced byA “vehicle”B “device”C company”D “reflection”32 How long has Bruce Hardy been working for Althouse Bus
34、Transportation?A For 30 yearsB For 70 yearsC Since last yearD Since 200033 Which of the following statements is NOT true of Bruce Hardy?A Heisc001B He is a good friendC He is impatientD He has driven 350,000 accident free miles34 Who founded Althouse Bus Transportation?A Larry AlthouseB Althouses gr
35、andfatherC Liesls mother,D Ashley Batista35 What has Althouse Bus Transportation been mainly aiming at?A Making as much money as possibleB Building up its fameC Developing its businessD Providing the local community with quality service第二篇Dont Count on DungConservationists(自然保护主义者)may be miscalculat
36、ing the numbers of the threatenedanimals such as elephantssay African and American researchersThe error occurs because of a flaw in the way they estimate animal numbers from the piles of dung(粪)the creatures leavebehindThe mistake could 1ead researchers to think that there are twice as many elephant
37、s as there really are in some regions according to Andrew Plumptre of the Wildlife Conservation Society(wcs) in New YorkBiologist Katy Payne of Cornell University in Ithaca,New York,agrees We really need to know elephant numbers and the evidence that we have is quite indirect, ”says Payne,whoelectro
38、nically tracks elephantsCounting elephants from planes is impossible in the vast rainforests of Central AfricaSo researchers often estimate elephant numbers by counting dung piles in a given areaThey also need to know the rate at which dung decays Because its extremely difficult to determine these r
39、ateshowever,researchers counting elephants in one region tend to rely on standard decay rates established elsewhereBut researchers at the WCS have found that this decay rate varies from region to regiondepending on the climate and environment Using the wrong values can lead the census astray(离开正道) ,
40、says PlumptreHe and his colleague Anthony Chifu Nchanji studied decaying elephant dung in the forests of Cameroon They found that the dung decayed between 55 and 65 per cent more slowly than the dung in the rainforests of neighbouring GabonIf researchers use decay rates from Gabon to count elephants
41、 in Cameroon, they would probably find more elephants than are actually aroundThis could mean estimates in Cameroon are at least twice as high as those derived fromdecay rates calculated locally,says Plumptre“However accurate your dung density estimatemight bethe decay rate can severely affect the r
42、esult”Plumptre also says that the dungpile census should be carried out over a region similar in size to an elephants natural range The usual technique of monitoring only small,protected areas distorts numbers because elephants move in and out of these regions,he says“If the elephant population incr
43、eases within the protected area,you can not determine whether 1t is a real increase or whether it is due to elephants moving in because they are being poached(入侵偷猎)outside ”Plumptre says that similar problems may also affect other animal census studies that rely on indirect evidence such as nests,tr
44、acks or burrows(地洞)36 The word“threatened”in the first sentence of the first paragraph could be best replaced byA endangered”B “frightened”C “killed”D “angered”37 Why do researchers estimate elephant numbers in an area by counting dung piles?A Because elephants are difficult to catchB Because it is
45、not possible to count elephants from a planeC Because it is not possible to keep track of elephantsD Because elephants are shy animals38 Piles of dung cant be relied upon when it comes to estimating elephant numbers becauseA they are different in sizeB they scatter an over the regionC they are diffe
46、rent in decay rateD they are different in quality39 According to Plumptre,the region over which a dungpile census is carried out should beA small enoughB well protectedC carefully monitoredD large enough40 The first word“He”in paragraph 6 refers toA Andrew PlumptreB Katy PayneC Anthony Chifu Nchanji
47、D the writer of the article第三篇More Than Just MoneyWhen Patricia Rochester decided to go back to school after ten years as a staff nurse atToronto Western Hospitalher employer not only cheered her onbut also Paid her tuition andgave her a day off with pay every week to studyThroughout her years at th
48、e hospital,Rochesterhas also taken workshops on everything from coaching peers to career developmentcoursesthat she believes have helped her advance at work “Im now head of the mentoring(指导)program for new hiresstudents and staff nurses ”she says “Theres a lot of room for personal improvement here ”Perhaps as important,Rochester says her employer supports and values her work If you put in overtime ”the nurse points Out “you get your mealsthey11 order in pizza or Greek food or C