2005職稱英語理工AB考試模擬題

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模擬題第一套

第1部分 詞匯選擇（第1-15題，每題1分，共15分， 建議10分鐘以內(nèi)完成）

下面共有15句子，每個句子均有一個詞或短語劃有底橫線，請從每個句子后面所給的四個選項中選擇一個與劃線部分意義最相近的詞或短語。答案一律涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。

1. The committee comprises five persons.

A) absorbs B)concerns

C) excludes D)involves

2. We derive (B)knowledge mainly from books

A)deprive (B) B) obtain

C) descend D)trace

3. The room was furnished (B) with the simplest essentials, a bed, a chair, and a table

A)supplied B) gathered

C)grasped D)made

4. The local government decided to merge (B)the two firms into a big one.

A)motivate B) combine

C)compact D)nominate

5. He emphasized a feasible (B)plan which can be accepted by the both sides.

A)favorable B) possible

C)formal D)genuine

6. When does the next train depart(B)?

A)pull up B) pull down

C)pull out D)pull in

7. Because administering (B)the whole company, he sometimes has to work around the clock.

A)adjusting B) evaluating

C)engaging D)managing

8. The town is notable (A)for its beautiful scenery in winter.

A)similar B) prompt

C)profound (B) D)famous

9． He is assigned to oversee (A)the production of the assembly lines.

A)supervise B) watch

C)suspect D)predict

10． Soldiers have to obey (A)orders.

A)reply to B) apply for

C)abide with (A) D)comply with (A)

11. The advertising company was surprised by the adverse(A) public reaction to the poster.

A) delayed B)quick

C) positive D) unfavorable

12. It is said that the house along the street will soon be demolished(A).

A) pulled down B) rebuilt

C) renovated D) whitewashed

13. In his two-hour-long lecture he made an exhaustive (A)analysis of the issue.

A) extremely thorough B) long and strong

C) crazy D) unconvincing

14. These are our motive (B)for doing it.

A) reasons B) arguments

C) targets D) stimulus (A)

15. Do you think there is any likelihood (A)of his agreeing to it?

A) respect B) occasion

C) prospect D) anticipation

第二部分：閱讀判斷（每題1分，共七分，　建議１２分鐘以內(nèi)完成）

閱讀下面這篇短文，短文后列出了七個句子，請根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容對每個句子作出判斷。如果該句提供的是正確信息，請在答題卡上把A涂黑；如果該句提供的是錯誤信息，請在答題卡上把B涂黑；如果該句的信息文章中沒有提及，請在答題卡上把C涂黑

El Nino （厄爾尼諾現(xiàn)象）

While some forecasting methods had limited SUCCESS predicting the 1997 E1 Nino a few months in advance，the Columbia University researchers say their method call predict large E1 Nino events up to two years in advance．That would be good news for governments，farmers and others seeking to plan for the droughts and heavy rainfall that El Nino can produce in various parts of the world.

Using a computer the researchers matched sea-surface temperatures to later El Nino occurrences between 1980 and 2000 and were then able to anticipate E1 Nino events dating back to1857, using prior sea-surface temperatures．The results were reported in the latest issue of the journal Nature．

The researchers say their method is not perfect, but Bryan C．Weare．a(chǎn) meteorologist at the University of California, Davis，who was not involved in the work，said it“suggests‘E1 Nino is indeed predictable．”

“This will probably convince others to search around more for even better methods．”said Weare．He added that the new method“makes it possible to predict El Nino at 1ong lead times．” Other models also use sea-surface temperatures, but they have not looked as far back because they need other data，which is only available for recent decades，Weare said．

The ability to predict the warming and cooling of the Pacitic is of immense importance’．The 1997 El Nino，for example，caused an estimated$20 billion in damage worldwide，offset by beneficial effects in other areas，said David Anderson，of the European Centre for Medium．Range Weather Forecasts in Reading England．The 1877 El Nino，meanwhile，coincided with a failure of the Indian monsoon and a famine that killed perhaps 40 million in India and China。prompting the development of seasonal forecasting，Anderson said．

When El Nino hit in 199 1 and 1997．200 million people were affected by flooding in China alone．a(chǎn)ccording to a 2002 United Nations report．

While predicting smaller E1 Nino events remains tricky．the ability to predict larger ones should be increased to at least a year if the new method is confirmed．

E1 Nino tends to develop between April and June and reaches its peak between December and February．The warming tends to last between 9 and 1 2 months and occurs every two to seven years·

The new forecasting method does not predict any major El Nino events in the next two years, although a weak warming toward the end of this year is possible．

E1 Nino n．厄爾尼諾現(xiàn)象

Equatorial adj．赤道的

Occurrence n．發(fā)生

Meteorologist n．氣象學(xué)家

Offset v．抵銷

Lead adj．提前的

Monsoon n．季風(fēng)

Tricky adj．難以捉摸的

練習(xí)：

1．The method used by the Columbia University researchers can predict E1 Nino a few months in advance．

A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned

2. The Columbia University researchers studied the relationship between the past EI Nino occurrences and sea—surface temperatures．

A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned

3. The Columbia University researchers are the first to use sea-surface temperatures to match the past EI Nino occurrences．

A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned

4. Weare’s contribution in predicting E1 Nino，was highly praised by other meteorologists．

A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned

5. According to a Chinese report，the flooding in China caused by E1 Nino in 1 99 1 and 1 997 affected 200 million Chinese people．

A．right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned

6. It takes about eight months for El Nino to reach its peak．

A．right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned

7. A special institute has been set up in America to study E1 Nino．

A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned

第三部分：概括大意與完成句子 （每題1分，共8分，　建議１０分鐘以內(nèi)完成）

閱讀下面這篇短文，短文后有2項測試任務(wù)：（1）1---4 題要求從所給的6個選項中為第2--5 段每段選擇1個正確的小標(biāo)題；（2）第5--8題要求從所給的6個選項中選擇4個正確的選項，分別完成每個句子。請將答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。

難度Ｂ／A級

Blasts from the past

1 Volcanoes were more destructive in ancient history．Not because they were bigger,　but　because the carbon dioxide they released wiped out 1ife with greater ease．

2 Paul Wignall from the University of Leeds was investigating the link between volcanic

eruptions and mass extinctions．Not a11 volcanic eruptions killed off large numbers of animals，but all the mass extinctions over the past 300 million years coincided with huge formations of volcanic rock．To his surprise，the older the massive volcanic eruptions were，the more damage they seemed to do．

3 Wignall calculated the“ killing efficiency ”for these volcanoes by comparing the

proportion ．ion of life they killed off with the volume of lava that they produced．He found that size for size，older eruptions were at least 1 0 times as effective at wiping out life as their more recent rivals．

4 The Permian extinction，for example，which happened 250 million years ago，is marked

by floods of volcanic rock in Siberia that cover an area roughly the size of western Europe．Those volcanoes are thought to have pumped out about 10 gigatonnes of carbon as carbon dioxide．The global warming that followed wiped out 80 per cent of all marine genera at the time。And it took 5 million years for the planet to recover．

5 Yet 60 million years ago in the late Palaeocene there was another huge amount of

volcanic activity and global warming but}Io mass extinction．Some animals did disappear but things returned to normal within ten thousands of years，“The most recent ones hardly have an effect at all。” Wignall says．He ignored the extinction which wiped out the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous，。65 million years ago，because many scientists believe it was primarily caused by the impact of an asteroid． ’

6 Wignall thinks that older volcanoes had more killing power because more recent life

forms were better adapted to dealing with increased levels of C0₂ ．Ocean chemistry may also have played a role．As the supercontinents broke up and exposed more coastline there may have been more weathering of silica rocks．This would have encouraged the growth of phytoplankton in the oceans。increasing me amount of C02 absorbed from the atmosphere．

7 Vincent Courtillot director of the Paris Geophysical Institute in France，says that

Wignall’s idea is provocative．But he says it is incredibly hard to do these sorts of calculations．He points out that the killing power of volcanic eruptions depends on how long they lasted．And it is impossible to tell whether the huge blasts lasted for thousands or millions of years。

8 Courtillot also adds t11at it is difficult to estimate how much 1ava prehistoric volcanoes produced , and that 1ava volume may not necessarily correspond to carbon dioxide or sulphur dioxide emissions．

練習(xí)：

1．Paragraph 2

2．Paragraph 3

3．Paragraph 4

4．Paragraph 5

A Killing Power of Ancient Volcanic Eruptions

B Association of Mass Extinctions with Volcanic Eruptions

C Calculation of the Killing Power of Older Eruptions

D A Mass Extinction

E V_0lcanic Eruptions That Caused no Mass Extinction

F Accounting for the Killing Power of Older Eruptions

5．Older eruptions were more devastating

6．The Permian extinction is used to illustrate

7．The cause of the extinction of dinosaurs

8．Courtillot rejects

A than more recent ones

B the killing efficiency for older eruptions

C has remained controversial

D Wignall’s calculations as acceptable

E has been known to us all

F his ideas

第四部分：閱讀理解（每題3分，共45分，　建議４０分鐘以內(nèi)完成）

下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道題，每道題后面有4個選項。請仔細(xì)閱讀短文并根據(jù)短文回答其后面的問題，從4個選項中選擇1個最佳答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。

難度Ｂ／C級

Inspecting a used car

The scariest part of buying a used car is not being completely sure of what condition it’s in．A car that’s been in a major accident is always a bigger risk，but sellers often try to hide this information．Andrew Bleakley, evaluator-inspector, runs a mobile vehicle inspection service in Montreal．For about$80 he will perform a full, unbiased inspection on a used vehicle．In his 10 years as a professional inspector, Bleakley has seen a lot．He warns, “Watch out for dealer demonstration vehicles which are used．not new．They may have been in a collision．”He adds mat it is not uncommon in Ontario and Quebec especially for unscrupulous sellers to roll back the odometer or to even disengage it．Bleakley has special tools to check for this．

Blealdey always recommends hiring an independent technician to inspect the condition of a used car before you buy it．The problem is finding someone qualified to do the inspection，which he says generally doesn’t mean just any mechanic，A thorough mechanical inspection includes checking the compression，all major systems，including the engine，electrical and charging systems，transmission and drive line，fluids，brakes，suspension，and steering．Essential，too，is all inspection of the car’s body and finally a road test．There are，however a few things everyone can do before buying a used car：

Do a visual check of the car．Look at the right rear door hinges．If they are very worn．Or the door doesn’t close well，the car may have been used as a taxi．Holes in the roof could mean the car was used for deliveries．

Check for oil 1eaks on the pavement．Note that 1eaks are not necessarily a significant

problem—it depends on the cause．

Don’t assume that new-looking brake and accelerator pedals mean the car hasn’t been

driven much．Resellers know people check these details and call buy new Pads for around $6.

Copy down the vehicle identification number(VlN), a 17-character combination of

numbers and letters，from the vehicle’s dashboard．In Ontario，ask the dealer or seller for the Used Vehicle Information Package．this gives details of previous owners，any outstanding liens on the car, and the fair market value of the vehicle．

練習(xí)：

1. According to the passage，in buying a second-hand vehicle it is most important to know

A)how long it has been used．

B)what color it is.

C)whether it has been in a collision．

D)whether it leaks oil．

2. All of the following are mentioned as tricks which dishonest second-hand Car dealers may play upon their customers EXCEPT

A)To re-Paint the car

B)To roll back the odometer．

C)T0 replace the old pedal．

D)T0 disengage the odometer．

3. “An independent technician” in the first sentence of the second paragraph means

A)a technician who checks a car free of charge．

B)a technician who learned his trade all by himself．

C)a technician who works for a particular car-dealer．

D)a technician who runs his own inspection service．

4.According to Bleakley, before buying a used Car all the inspection work Can

A)be done by a mechanic together with the dealer．

B)only be done by a qualified mechanic．

C)be done by the buyer himself．

D)be done by a qualified mechanic together with the buyer．

5. According to the passage，from which of the following Call the buyer obtain reliable

information of the previous owner?

A)The vehicle identification number．

B)The unbiased inspector．

C)The second．hand car dealer．

D)The Used Vehicle Information Package．