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1、2010年职称英语考试综合类C级试题及答案第一部分：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。答案一律涂在答题卡相应的位置上。1 Rodman met with Tony to try and settle the dispute over his contractAmarkBinvolveCsolveDavoid2 Were happy to report that business is booming this yearAfailingBopenCsuccessfulDrisky3 If we lea
2、ve now，we should miss the trafficAavoidBmixCdirectDstop4In the process，the light energy converts to heat energyAleavesBdropsCreducesDchanges5 I was shocked when I saw the size of the telephone billAsurprisedBlostCexcitedDangry6Can you give me a concrete example to support your idea?AspecialBgoodCrea
3、lDspecific7 Weve been through some rough times togetherAshortBdifficultClongDhappy8 It was a fascinating painting，with clever use of color and lightAnewBfamiliarClargeDwonderful9The company has the right to end his employment at any timeAofferBstopCprovideD continue10She gave up her job and started
4、writing poetryAlostBabandonedCtookDcreated11The police took fingerprints and identified the bodyAdiscoveredBtouchedCmissedDrecognized12What are my chances of promotion if I stay here?AretirementBreplacementCadvertisementDadvancement13Weve seen a marked shift in our approach to the social issuesAregu
5、larBgreatCclearDquick14The thief was finally captured two miles away from the villageAfoundBiailedCcaughtDkilled15I propose that we discussed this at the next meetingArequestBsuggestCdemandDorder第二部分：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
6、有提及，请选择C。The Race into SpaceAmerican millionaire Dennis Tito will always be famousHe was the first tourist in spaceIspent sixty years on Earth and eight days in space and from my viewpointit was two separatelives，Tito explainedHe loved his time in spaceBeing in space and looking back at earth isone
7、of the most rewarding experiences a human being can haveThis kind of experience isnt cheapIt cost$20 millionHowever，Tito achieved his dreamso he was happyFor me it was a life dreamIt was a dream that began when I didnt have any money，he told reportersOn 30 April 2002，Mark Shuttleworth became the wor
8、lds second space touristShuttleworth is a South African BusinessmanAt the age of twenty-eight。he also paid$20 million for the eightdaytripBoth Tito and Shuttleworth bought their tickets from a company called Space AdventuresThecompany has around 100 people already on their waiting list for flights i
9、nto spaceThe spaceship totake them doesnt exist yetMany of the customers are people who like adventureThey are the kind of people who alsowant to climb Mount QomolangmaOther customers are people who love spaceHowever，these peopie are worriedBecause its SO expensive，only very rich people can go into
10、spaceThey want spacetravel to be available to more peopleThat day may soonhereInter Orbital Systems(IOS)plans to send up to four tourists aweek into spaceThe tours will depart from an island in TongaThe company promises a packagethat includes forty-five days of astronaut training in Russia and Calif
11、ornia，seven days in space，anda vacation in Tongafor$2 millionHowever，space flight is still very dangerousBill Readdy is NASAS deputy assistant administrator for space flightHe says that the chances of dying are about 1 in 500Because of this it maytake time before space tourism really takes offYou mi
12、ght be able to go up，but will you comedown?16Dennis Tito was the first tourist in spaceARightBWrongCNot menhoned17Mark Shuttleworth is an engineer from the United StatesARightBWrongCNot menhoned18Both Tito and Shuttleworth have climbed Mount QomolangmaARightBWrongCNot menhoned19Space Adventures has
13、about 100 customers waiting for their travel into spaceARightBWrongCNot mentioned20Space Adventures already has a spaceshipARightBWrongCNot mentioned21IOS will send its tourists into space from TongaARightBWrongCNot mentioned22Bill Readdy thinks that space flight is very dangerousARightBWrongCNot me
14、ntmned第三部分：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1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1个最佳选项。Intelligent Machines1 Medical scientists are already putting computer chips(芯片)directly into the brain to helppeople who have Parkinsons disease，but in what other ways might c
15、omputer technology be able tohelp us?Ray Kurzweil is author of the successful book The Age of Intelligent Machines and is one ofthe worlds best computer research scientistsHe is researching the possibilities2 Kurzweil gets computers to recognize voicesAn example of this is Ramona，the virtual(虚拟的)hos
16、tess of Kurzweils homepage，who is programmed to understand what you sayVisitors tothe site can have their conversations with her，and Ramona also dances and sings3 Kurzweil uses this technology to help people with physical disabilitiesOne of his ideas is aseeing machineThis will belike a friend that
17、could describe what is going on in the visibleworld，he explainsBlind people will use a visual sensor(探测器)which will probably be builtinto a pair of sunglassesThis sensor will describe to the person everything it sees4 Another idea，which is likely to help deaf people，is thelistening machineThis inven
18、-tion will recognize millions of words and understand any speakerThe listening machine will also beable to translate into other languages，SO even people without hearing problems are likely to be inter-ested in using it 5 But it is not just about helping people with disabilitiesLooking further into t
19、he future，Kurzweil sees a time when we will be able to download our entire consciousness onto a computerThis technology probably wont be ready for at least 50 years，but when it arrives，it means our mindwill be able to live forever23Paragraph 2_24Paragraph 3_25Paragraph 4_26Paragraph 5_AA new pair of
20、 earsBComputers that can communicateCEverlasting consciousness on a computerDTime to break off a friendshipEAn author and researcherFA new pair of eyes27Ray Kurzweil works with computers to help people_28Ramona is able to understand_29Blind people will be able to see the world with_30People without
21、hearing problems may also be interested in using_Awhat you sayBa pair of sunglassesCthe listening machineDa visual sensorEwho have disabilitiesFliving forever in a computer第四部分：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。请根据短文回答其后面的问题，为每题确定一个最佳答案。第1篇Britains Solo SailorEllen MacArthur started sailing w
22、hen she was eight，going out Oil sailing trips with her auntShe loved it so much that she saved her money for three years to buy her first small sailing boatWhen she was 18，she sailed alone around Britain and won theYoung Sailor of the YearawardBut Ellen really became famous in 2001Aged only 24，she w
23、as one of only two women whoentered the Vendee Globe round the world solo race，which lasts 100 daysDespite many problems，she came second in the race out of 24 competitors and she was given a very warm welcome when shereturned Ambition and determination have always been a big part of Ellens personali
24、tyWhen she was younger，she lived in a kind of hut(棚屋)for three years while she was trying to get sponsorship tocompete in a transatlantic raceThen she took a one-way ticked to France，bought a tiny seven meter Class Mini yacht，slept under it while she was repairing it，and then she raced it 4，000 kilo
25、meters across the Atlantic in 1997，alone for 33 daysEllen has had to learn many things，because sailing single-handed means that she has to be herown captain，electrician，sail maker，engineer，doctor，journalist，cameraman and cookShe alsohas to be very fit，and because of the dangers of sleeping for long
26、periods of time when shes in themiddle of the oceanshe has trained herself to sleep for about 20 minutes at a timeAnd she needs courageOnce，in the middle of the ocean，she had to climb the mast(桅杆)of a boat to repair the sails-at four oclock in the morningwith 100 kph winds blowing around herIt took
27、her many hours to make the repairsEllen says，I was exhausted when I came downItshard to describe how it feels to be up thereIts like trying to hold onto a big pole，which for me isjust too big to get my arms around，with someone kicking you all the time and trying to shakeyou offBut in her diary，Ellen
28、 also describes moments which make it all worthwhile(值得的)：Abeautiful sunrise started the day，with black clouds slowly lit by the bright yellow sunI have a verystrong feeling of pleasure，being out here on the ocean and having the chance to live thisI just feellucky to be here31In the Vendee Globe rac
29、e，Ellen wonAa gold medalBtheBest Woman SailorawardCtheYoung Sailor of the YearawardDthe second place32Ellen lived in a kind of hut for three yearsAwhile she was learning how to rcpair sailsBwhile she was trying to get financial support for a raceCbecause she was interested in country lifeDbecause sh
30、e was ambitious for the coming race33The wordsoloin the title could be best replaced byAself-starterBone performerCselfmadeDsingle-handed34According to paragraph 4，which of the following statements is NOT true?AShe has trained herself to sleep for about 20 minutes at a timeBShe has to be her own tea
31、cherCShe has to learn to repair sailsDShe has to be very fit35How does Ellen feel about the Vendee Globe race？AIt is surprisingBIt is relaxingCIt is enjoyableDIt is dangerous第2篇One-room SchoolsOne-room schools are part of the heritage of the United States，and the mention of them makespeople feel a v
32、ague long for the way things wereOne-room schools are an endangered species，howeverFor more than a hundred years，one-room schools have been systematically shut down andtheir students sent away to centralized schoolsAs recently as 1930 there were 149，000 one-roomschools in the United StatesBy 1970 th
33、ere were 1，800Today，of nearly 800 remaining one-roomschoolsmore than 350 are in NebraskaThe rest are scattered through a few other states that haveon their road maps wide-open spaces between townsNow that there are hardly any left，educators are beginning to think that maybe there is some-thing yet t
34、o be learned from one-room schools，something that served the pioneers that might serve aswell todayProgressive educators have come up with progressive-sounding names likepeer-groupteachingandmulti-age groupingfor educational procedures that occur naturally in the one-roomschoolsIn a one-room school
35、the children teach each other because the teacher is busy part of thetime teaching someone elseA fourth grader can work at a fifth-grade level in math and a third-gradelevel in English without the stigma associated with being left back or the pressures of being skippedaheadA youngster with a learnin
36、g disability can find his or her own level without being separatedfrom the other pupilsIn larger urban and suburban schools todaythis is calledmainstreamingA few hours in a small school that has only one classroom and it becomes clear why SO many parentsfeel that one of the advantages of living in N
37、ebraska is that their children have to go to a one-roomschool36We learn from the first paragraph that one-room schoolsAare the best in NebraskaBare becoming more and more centralizedChave has a strong influence on American peopleDneed to be shut down37One-room schools are in danger of disappearing b
38、ecauseAthere has been a trend towards centralizationBthey cannot get top studentsCthey exist only in one stateDchildren have to teach themselves38A major characteristic of the one-room school system is thatAlearning is not limited to one grade levelBpupils mostly study math and EnglishCsome children
39、 have to be left backDteachers are always busy39It can be learned from paragraph 2 that many parents in NebraskaAdont like centralized schoolsBcome from other statesCreceived education in one-room schoolsDprefer rural life40What is the authors attitude towards oneroom schools?ACritical BHumorousCAng
40、ryDPraising第3篇Citizen ScientistsUnderstanding how nature responds to climate change will require monitoring key life cycleevent-flowering，the appearance of leaves，the first frog calls of the spring-all around the worldBut ecologists cant be everywhere so theyre turning to non-scientists，sometimes ca
41、lled citizen sci-entists，for helpClimate scientists are not present everywhereBecause there are so many places in the worldand not enough scientists to observe all of them，theyre asking for your help in observing signs ofclimate change across the worldThe citizen scientist movement encourages ordina
42、ry people to observe a very specific research interest-birds，trees，flowers budding，etc一and send their observations to a giant database to be observed by professional scientistsThis helps a small number of scientists track a large amount of data that they would never be able to gather on their ownMuc
43、h likecitizen journalists helping large publications cover a hyper-local beat，citizen scientists are ready forthe conditions where they liveAll thats needed to become one is a few minutes each day or eachweek to gather data and send it inA group of scientists and educators launched an organization l
44、ast year called the National Phenology NetworkPhenologyis what scientists call the study of the timing of events in natureOne of the groups first efforts relies on scientists and non-scientists alike to collect data aboutplant flowering and leafing every yearThe program，called Project BudBurst，colle
45、cts life cycle data on a variety of common plants from across the United StatesPeople participating in the projectwhich is open to everyone-record their observations on the Project BudBurst websitePeople dont have to be plant experts-they just have to look around and see whats in theirneighborhood，says Jennifer Schwartz，an education consultant with the projectAs we collectthis data，well be able to make an estimate of how plants and communities of plants and ani