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1、职称英语理工类B级模拟16第1部分:词汇选项下面每个句子中均有1个词或短语画有底横线,请为每处画线部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。1 Many fin e cooks insist on in g re d ie n ts o f th e h ig h e s t q u a lity.A.demand B.r e ly on C.p re p a re fo r D.c re a te2、S in ce th e G reat D e p ressio n,th e U n ited S ta te s governm ent h as p ro te c te dfa rm e rs f
2、rom damaging d ro p s in g ra in p r i c e s.A.s lig h t B.s u rp ris in g C.sudden D.h arm ful3、Cement was seldom u sed in b u ild in g d u rin g th e M iddle A g es.A.c ru d e ly B.r a r e ly C.o r ig in a lly D.s y m b o lic a lly4、N erve s ig n a ls may tr a v e l th ro u g h n erv e o r m uscle
3、 f ib e r s a t speeds as h ig has two hundred m ile s p e r h o u r.A.v e lo c i tie s B.im p u lses C.r a tio s D.a t r o c i t i e s5、The p o e t W illiam C arlo s W illiam s was a New J e rs e y physician.A.d o c to r B.p ro fe s s o r C.p h y s ic is t D.re s id e n t6、M edicine depends on o th
4、 e r f ie ld s fo r b a s ic in fo rm a tio n,particularly some o ft h e i r s p e c ia liz e d b ra n c h e s.A.c o n v e n tio n a lly B.o b v io u sly C.e s p e c ia lly D.in e v ita b ly7、We s h a ll ta k e th e tre a s u r e away to a safe p la c e.A.c le a n B.p r e tty C.d is ta n t D.se c u
5、re8、An im p o rta n t p a r t o f th e n a tio n a l governm ent is th e F o reig n S e rv ic e,abranch o f th e D epartm ent o f S t a t e.A.a u n ity B.a d iv is io n C.an em bassy D.anin v a sio n9、The c h i l d1 s abnormal b e h a v io r p u z z le d th e d o c to r.A.bad B.fr ig h te n in g C.r
6、e p e a te d D.u n u su al10、T here is an abundant su p p ly o f cheap la b o r in th is c o u n try.A.a s te a d y B.a p le n tif u l C.an e x tra D.a m eager11 In o rd e r to im prove o u r sta n d a rd of liv in g,we have to accelerate p ro d u c tio n.A.s te p up B.d e c re a se C.s to p D.c o n
7、 tro l12 Gas does accumulate in th e m ines aro u n d h e r e.A.in c re a s e B.sp re a d C.c o lle c t D.grow13、Our p la n is to allocate one member o f s t a f f to h an d le a p p o in tm e n ts.A.a s s ig n B.p e rsu ad e C.ask D.o rd e r14、H er b e h a v io r is e x tre m ely childish.A.simpleB
8、.immatureC.beautifulD.foolish15 I d o n11 quiteA.observefollowB.what she is saying.understandC.explainD.describe第2部分:阅读判断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作出判断: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。Bill Gates:Unleashing Your CreativityI*ve always been an optimist and I suppose that is root
9、ed in my beliefthat the power of creativity and intelligence can make the world a betterplace.For as long as I can remember,I*ve loved learning new things and solvingproblems.So when I sat down at a computer for the first time in seventhgrade,I was hooked.It was a chunky old teletype machine and it
10、could barelydo anything compared to the computers we have today.But it changed my life.When my friend Paul Allen and I started Microsoft 30 years ago,we hada vision of a computer on every desk and in every home,*which probablysounded a little too optimistic at a time when most computers were the siz
11、eof refrigerators.But we believed that personal computers would change theworld.And they have.And after 30 years,11 m still as inspired by computers as I was back inseventh grade.I believe that computers are the most incredible tool we can use to feedour curiosity and inventiveness to help us solve
12、problems that even the smartestpeople couldn*t solve on their o w n.Computers have transformed how we learn,giving kids everywhere a windowinto all of the world*s knowledge.They*re helping us build communities aroundthe things we care about and to stay close to the people who are importantto us,no m
13、atter where they a r e.Like my friend Warren Buffett,I feel particularly lucky to do somethingevery day that I love to d o.He calls it tap-dancing to work.My job atMicrosoft is as challenging as ever,but what makes me tap-dancing to workis when we show people something new,like a computer that can r
14、ecognize yourhandwriting or your speech,or one that can store a lifetime 1 s worth of photos,and they say,nI didn*t know you could do that with a P C!nBut for all the cool things that a person can do with a PC,there are lotsof other ways we can put our creativity and intelligence to work to improveo
15、ur world.There are still far too many people in the world whose most basicneeds go unmet.Every year,for example,millions of people die from diseasesthat are easy to prevent or treat in the developed world.I believe that my own good fortune brings with it a responsibility to giveback to the world.My
16、wife,Melinda,and I have committed to improving healthand education in a way that can help as many people as possible.As a father,I believe that the death of a child in Africa is no less poignantor tragic than the death of a child anywhere else,and that it doesn*t takemuch to make an immense differen
17、ce in these children*s lives.I*m still very much an optimist z and I believe that progress on even theworld*s toughest problems is possible and i t1s happening every day.We*reseeing new drugs for deadly diseasesz new diagnostic tools,and new attentionpaid to the health problems in the developing wor
18、ld.I*m excited by the possibilities I see for medicine,for education and,of course,for technology.And I believe that through our natural inventiveness,creativity and willingness to solve tough problems,we 1 re going to make someamazing in all these area in my life.16、A computer was as big as an iceb
19、ox when Bill Gates was a high school student.A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned17、Bill Gates has been dreaming of the popularity of computers for his lifetime.A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned18、Bill Gates compares his hard work on a PC to tap-dancing to work.A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned19 To Bill Gat
20、es*mind,there is a big difference between the death of thepoor1s children and the death of the rich1s children.A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned20、So far Bill Gates has contributed several dozen billion dollars to thecharities.A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned21 Bill Gates and his wife consider it their
21、 duty to help the poor bettertheir health and education as much as possible.A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned22、Bill Gates will leave only a small portion of his wealth for his children.A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned第3部分:概括大意与完成句子下面的短文后有2项测试任务:(1)第2326题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2、3、4、5段每段选择1个最佳标题;(2)第2730题要求从所给的6
22、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 thebrain to help people who have Parkinsons disease,but in what other ways mightcomputer technology be able to help us?Ray Kurzweil is author of the successful bookThe Age of Intelligent Ma
23、chines and is one of the worlds best computer researchscientists.He is researching the possibilities.2 Kurzweil gets computers to recognize voices.An example of this is Ramona,the virtual hostess of Kurzweils homepage,who is programmed to understand whatyou say.Visitors to the site can have their co
24、nversations with her,and Ramona alsodances and sings.3 Kurzweil uses this technology to help people with physical disabilities.One ofhis ideas is a seeing machine.This will be like a friend that could describe what isgoing on in the visible world,he explains.Blind people will use a visual sensor whi
25、chwill probably be built into a pair of sunglasses.This sensor will describe to the personeverything it sees.4 Another idea,which is likely to help deaf people,is the listening machine.This invention will recognize millions of words and understand any speaker.Thelistening machine will also be able t
26、o translate into other languages,so even peoplewithout hearing problems are likely to be interested in using it.5 But it is not just about helping people with disabilities.Looking further into thefuture,Kurzweil sees a time when we will be able to download our entireconsciousness onto a computer.Thi
27、s technology probably wont be ready for at least 50years,but when it arrives,it means our mind will be able to live forever.A A new pair of earsB Computers that can communicateC Everlasting consciousness on a computerD Time to break off a friendshipE An author and researcherF A new pair of eves23、Pa
28、ragraph 2_24、Paragraph3_25、Paragraph 4_26Paraqraph5A what you sayB apair of sunglassesC the listening machineD a visual sensorE who have disabilitiesF living forever in a computer27、Ray Kurzweil works with computers to help people28、Ramona is able to understand29、Blind people will be able to see the
29、 world with30、People without hearing problems may also be interested in using第4部分:阅读理解下面有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。弟 扁Longer Lives for Wild ElephantsMost people think of zoos as safe places for animals,where struggles suchas difficulty finding food and avoiding predators don*t exist.Without
30、 suchproblems,animals in zoos should live to a ripe old age.But matter may not be true for the largest land animals on Earth.Scientistshave known that elephants in zoos often suffer from poor health.They developdiseasesz joint problems and behavior changes.Sometimesz they even becomeinfertile or una
31、ble to have babies.To learn more about how captivity affects elephants z a team of internationalscientists compared the life spans of female elephants born in zoos withfemale elephants living outdoors in their native lands.Zoos keep detailedrecords of all the animals in their care,documenting factor
32、s such as birthdatesz illnessesz weight and death.These records made it possible for theresearchers to analyze 40 years of data on 800 African and Asian elephantsin zoos across Europe.The scientists compared the life spans of the zoo bornelephants with the life spans of thousands of female wild elep
33、hants in Africaand Asian elephants that work in logging camps,over approximately the sametime period.The team found that female African elephants born in zoos lived an averageof 16.9 years.Their wild counterparts who died of natural causes lived anaverage of 56 years-more than three times as long.Fe
34、male Asian elephantsfollowed a similar pattern.In zoos,they lived 18.9 yearsz while those inthe logging camps lived 41.7 years.Scientists don*t yet know why wild elephants seem to fare so much betterthan their zoo-raised counterparts.Georgia Mason,a biologist at theUniversity of Guelph in Canada who
35、 led the study,thinks stress and obesitymay be to blame.Zoo elephants d o n11 get the same kind of exercise they wouldin the wild,and most are very fat.Elephant social lives are also much differentin zoos than in the wild,where they live in large herds and family groups.Another finding from the stud
36、y showed that Asian elephants born in zooswere more likely to die earlier than Asian elephants captured in the wildand brought to zoos.Mason suggests stress in the mothers in zoos might causethem to have babies that are less likely to survive.The study raises some questions about acquiring more elep
37、hants to keepin zoos.While some threatened and endangered species living in zoos reproducesuccessfully and maintain healthy populations,which doesn1t appear to bethe case with elephants.Currently,zoos alert consumers of elephantsz notnet producers,Mason says.31 According to the first two paragraphs,
38、unlike other zoo animalsz zooe 1 ephant s_.A.have difficulty eating foodB.live to a ripe old ageC.are not afraid of predatorD.develop health problems32 Which of the following about the international scientists 1 research onthe life spans of elephants is NOT true?A.They compared zoo elephants with wi
39、ld elephants.B.They kept detailed records of all the elephants in their care.C.They analyzed the records of the elephants kept in zoos.D.The zoo-born elephants they studied are kept in European zoos.33、What do the scientists find in their research?A.Female elephants live longer than male elephants.B
40、.Female zoo elephants live longer than their wild counterparts.C.Female zoo elephants die much earlier than their wild counterparts.D.Elephants in zoos and those in the wild enjoy the same long life spans.34、What are the possible causes of stress and obesity zoo-raised elephantsgenerally suffer from
41、?A.They do not like living in herds.B.They do not get enough exercise.C.They do not live with their families.D,Both B and C.35、Which of the following does the author suggest in the last paragraph?A.It may not be a wise policy to keep elephants in the zoo.B.Elephants are no longer an endangered speci
42、es.C.Zoo-born elephants should be looked after more carefully.D.Zoos should keep more animals except elephants.弟一mLight Night,Dark StarsThousands of people around the globe step outside to gaze at their nightsky.On a clear night,with no clouds,moonlightz or artificial lights toblock the view,people
43、can see more than 14,000 stars in the sky,says DennisWard,an astronomer with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research(UCAR)in Boulder,Colo.But when people are surrounded by city lights,hesays,they*re lucky to see 150 stars.If y o u1 ve ever driven toward a big city at night and seen its g
44、low froma great distance,y o u1ve witnessed light pollution.It occurs when lightfrom streetlightsz office buildings,signs,and other sources streams intospace and illuminates the night sky.This haze of light makes many stars invisibleto people on Earth.Even at nightz big cities like New York glow fro
45、m lightpollution,making stargazing difficult.Dust and particles of pollution from factories and industries worsen theeffects of light pollution.If one city has a lot more light pollution thananother,n Ward says,1 1 that city will suffer the effects of light pollutionon a much greater scale.Hazy skie
46、s also make it far more difficult for astronomers to do theirjobs.Cities are getting larger.Suburbs are growing in once dark,rural areas.Light from all this new development is increasingly obscuring the faint lightgiven off by distant stars.And if scientists c a n11 locate these objects,they can*t l
47、earn more about them.Light pollution doesn*t only affect star visibility.It can harm wildlifetoo.It1s clear that artificial light can attract animals,making them gooff course.There1s increasing evidence,for example,that migrating birdsuse sunsets and sunrises to help find their way,says Sydney Gauth
48、reaux J r.,a scientist at Clemson University in South Carolina When light occurs atnight,n he says,*it has a very disruptive influence.H Sometimes birds flyinto lighted towers,high-rises,and cables from radio and television towers.Experts estimate that millions of birds die this way every year.36、Wh
49、en can people see 14,000 stars?A.When they have a fairly good telescope.B.When they are in a large city.C.When the night sky is clear of clouds;moonlight and artificial lights.D.When the night sky is without haze and fog.37、Which of the following statements is NOT related to light pollution?A.A haze
50、 of light is formed from artificial lights such as streetlightsand building lights.B.Lights from different sources in the city stream into space and illuminatethe night sky.C.The night sky is illuminated by the lights from big glowing cities inthe night.D.Stargazing becomes difficult because there i