2006职称英语考试模全真拟试题理工类C级（三）

2006职称英语考试模全真拟试题理工类C级（三）
 
第一部分：词汇选择（第1-15题，每题1分，共15分）
下面共有15句子，每个句子均有一个词或短语划有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的四个选项中选择一个与划线部分意义最相近的词或短语。答案一律涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
1. The normal price of a ticket for an adult is $230.
A) ordinary B)proper
C) fair D)medium

2．We have to ask them to quit talking in order that all people present could hear us clearly.
A) decrease B)cease
C) continue D)keep

3． In Tom's eyes, the restaurant at the corner of the street is a very smart one.
A clever B elegant C loyal D brave

4. He was said to have been removed from the position of manager for a recent conflict with an important customer.
A dismissed B released C picked D exposed

5 I don't feel secure when I am alone in the house.
A safe B pretty C distant D obvious

6 Swedish is the native language of most Swedes.
A natural B home C mother D ancient

7 Ms Hawkins handles the company's accounts.
A deals with B deals in C holds on D holds out

8 I reserve the right to disagree.
A deserve B keep C perceive D notice

9 The solid facts he provided in his speech left a deep impression on his audience.
A strong B entire C reliable D hard

10 We can't take more than 100 guests.
A hold B set C let D catch

11 My sister has a talent for music.
A interest B limitation C dream D gift

12 The city was literally 1 destroyed.
A word-for-word B eventually C actually D likely

13 It is very late; hence you must go to bed.
A from now on B later C elsewhere D thus

14 This book embraces many subjects.
A adopts B covers C presses D accepts

15 He is sure of the coming of investment boom after adopting the new investment policies.
A decrease B increase C influence D preparation
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第二部分：阅读判断（每题1分，共七分）
阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出了七个句子，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，请在答题卡上把A涂黑；如果该句提供的是错误信息，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

El Nino （厄尔尼诺现象）

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 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 2 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 3 and a famine that killed perhaps 40 million in India and China。prompting the development of seasonal 4 forecasting，Anderson said．
When El Nino hit in 199 1 and 1997．200 million people were affected 5 by flooding in China alone．according to a 2002 United Nations report．
While predicting smaller E1 Nino events remains 6 tricky 7．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．厄尔尼诺现象
Equatorial adj．赤道的
Occurrence n．发生
Meteorologist n．气象学家
Offset v．抵销
Lead adj．提前的
Monsoon n．季风
Tricky adj．难以捉摸的

练习：
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：概括大意与完成句子 （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）1---4 题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2--5 段每段选择1个正确的小标题；（2）第5--8题要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确的选项，分别完成每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

Icy Microbes

In ice that has sealed a salty Antarctic lake for more than 2,800 years, scientists have found frozen bacteria and algae 8 that returned to life after thawing 9. The research may help in the search for life on Mars, which is thought to have subsurface lakes of ice.
A research team led by Peter Doran of the University of Illinois at Chicago drilled through more than 39 feet ice to collect samples of bacteria and algae. When Doran's team brought them back and warmed them up a bit, they sprang back to life.
Doran said the microbes have been age-dated at 2,800 years old, but even older microbes may live deeper in the ice sheet sealing the lake, and in the briny 10 water below the ice. That deeper ice and the water itself will be cautiously sampled in a later expedition that will test techniques may one day be used on Mars.
Called Lake Vida, the 4.5-square -- kilometer body is one of a series of lakes located in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, some 2,200 kilometers due south of New Zealand. This lake has been known since the 1950s, but people ignored it because they thought it was just a big block of ice. While at the site for other research in the 1990s, Doran and his colleagues sent radar 11 signals into the clear ice covering the lake and were surprised to find that 62 feet below there was a pool of liquid water that was about seven times more salty than seawater.
That prompted the researchers to return in 1996 with equipment to drill a hole down to within a few feet of the water layer. At the bottom of this hole, researchers harvested specimens 13 of algae and bacteria.
The searchers will return in 2004 equipped with instruments that are sterilized 14. They will then drill through the full 62 feet of ice and sample some of the briny water from the lake for analysis. The water specimen 12 will be cultured to see if it contains life. Specimens from the water are expected to be even older than the life forms extracted from the ice covering.

1. Paragraph 2 ___.
2. Paragraph 3 ___.
3. Paragraph 4 ___.
4. Paragraph 6 ___.

A. Significance of testing techniques for sampling microbes in the deep ice sheet
B. special features of lake Vida
C. later expedition on mars
D. 2004 revisit planned for collecting lake water specimen
E. Antarctic frozen life sampled and revived
F. Accidental discovery of ice-sealed lake water Antarctica

5. Scientists ignored lake Vida because they thought that a lake of ice ___.
6. Scientists expect that the life, if found in deeper water below the ice sheet, ____.
7. What the scientists will do in 2004 ___.
8. The salt concentration in the liquid water of Lake Vida ___.

A. is found to be a great deal higher than that of seawater
B. was of little scientific value
C. may be older than that collected below 39 sheet of ice
D. might have come from Mars
E. is to collect some briny lake water for analysis
F. may return to life sooner than microbes frozen in the surface ice.

第四部分：阅读理解（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。请仔细阅读短文并根据短文回答其后面的问题，从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

第1篇
Losing Weight

Girls as young as 1 0 years old are dieting and in danger of developing unhealthy attitudes
about weight，body image and food，a group of Toronto researchers reported Tuesday．
Their study of 2,279 girls aged 15 10 to 14 showed that while the vast majority had healthy
weights，nearly a third felt they were overweight and were trying to lose pounds．Even at the tender agez of 10，nearly 32 per cent of girls felt“too fat'’and 31 per cent said they were trying to diet．
McVey，a researcher at．the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto，and her colleagues
analyzed data collected in a number of surveys of southern Ontario school girls between 1 993 and 2003，reporting their findings in Tuesday’s issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal．
Nearly 80 per cent of the girls had a healthy body weight and only 7．2 per cent were
considered overweight using standard weight-to．height ratios．Most researchers suggest the rate of overweight children in this country is several times higher than that figure．
Nearly 30 per cent of the girls reported they Were currently trying to lose weight，though few admitted to dangerous behavior such as self-induced vomiting 16．
Still，a test that measured attitudes towards eating showed 10．5 per cent of survey
Participants were already at risk of developing an eating disorder 17．
‘'We’re not talking about kids who’ve been prescribed a diet because they’re above average weight or overweight. We’re talking about children who are within a healthy weight range。And they have taken it upon themselves to diet to lose weight，”McVey said，acknowledging she found the rates disturbing．She said striking a balance between healthy weights and healthy attitudes towards food and body image is a complex task，with no easy solutions．

词汇：
overweight adj．超重的；过重的
induce vt．引起，导致
prescribe vt．处方；开药；嘱咐

1．The study showed that most of the girls
A)were overweight．
B) were on a diet．
C)had unhealthy attitudes about weight
D)had a healthy body weight．

2．What percentage of the girls considered themselves overweight?
A)Nearly 80 percent．
B)7．2 percent．
C)Nearly 30percent．
D)10．5 percent．

3．The survey participants were girls
A)whowere 10．
B)who were 14．
C)who were 10 to 14．
D)who were 10 to 18．

4． What kind of institution does the lead researcher work with?
A)A schoo1．
B)A hospital．
C)An association．
D)A charity．

5． Unhealthy attitudes about weight，body image and food may
A)lead to an eating disorder．
B)result from self-induced vomiting．
C)make it easier to gain weight．
D)bring about greater competition．

第2篇
Will Quality Eat up the U.S. Lead in Software?

If U.S. software companies don't pay more attention to quality, they could kiss their business good-bye. Both India and Brazil are developing a world-class software industry. Their weapon is quality and one of their jobs is to attract the top U.S. quality specialists whose voices are not listened to in their country.
Already, of the world's 12 software houses that have earned the highest rating in the world, seven are in India. That's largely because they have used new methodologies rejected by American software specialists. For example, for decades, quality specialists, W. Edwards Deming and J. M. Juran had urged U.S. software companies to change their attitudes to quality. But their quality call mainly fell on deaf ears in the U.S -- but not in Japan. By the 1970s and 1980s, Japan was grabbing market share with better, cheaper products. They used Deming's and Juran's ideas to bring down the cost of good quality to as little as 5% of total production costs. In U.S. factories, the cost of quality then was 10 times as high: 50%. In software, it still is.
Watts 18 S. Humphrey spent 27 years at IBM heading up software production and then quality assurance. But his advice was seldom paid attention to. He retired 19 from IBM in 1986. In 1987, he worked out a system for assessing and improving software quality. It has proved its value time and again. For example, in 1990 the cost of quality at Raytheon Electronics Systems was almost 60% of total software production costs. It tell to 15% in 1996 and has since further dropped to below 10%.
Like Deming and Juran, Humphrey seems to be winning more praises overseas than at home. The Indian government and several companies have just founded the Watts Humphrey Software Quality Institute at the Software Technology Park in Chennai, India. Let's hope that U.S. lead in software will not be eaten up by its quality problems.

1. What country has more highest-rating companies in the world than any other country has?
A) India.
B) The US.
C) Brazil.
D) Germany.

2. Which of the following statements about Humphrey is tree?
A) He is now still an IBM employer.
B) He has worked for IBM for 37 years.
C) India honors him highly.
D) The US pays much attention to his quality advice.

3.By what means did Japan grab its large market share by the 1970s and the 1980s?
A)Its advertising 20 was most successful.
B)Its products were cheaper in price and better in quality.
C) The US hardware industry was lagging behind.
D) Japan hired a lot of Indian software specialists.

4. What does the founding of the Watts Humphrey Software Quality Institute symbolize 21?
A) It symbolizes 22 the US determination to move ahead with its software.
B) It symbolizes the Japanese efforts to solve the software quality problem.
C) It symbolizes the Indian ambition to take the lead in software.
D) It symbolizes the Chinese policy on importing software.

5. What is the writer worrying about?
A) Many US software specialists are working for Japan.
B) The quality problem has become a worldwide problem.
C)India and Japan are joining hands to compete with the US.
D) The US will no longer be the first software player in the world.

第3篇
Young Female Chimps 24 Outlearn Their Brothers
Young female chimps are faster and better learners than young male chimps，sugges a new
study，echoing learning differences seen in human girls and boys．
While young male chimps pass their time playing，young female chimps carefully study their mothers．As a result，they learn how to fish for’tasty termite 25 snacks over two years before the boys．
Elizabeth Lonsdorf,now at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago，US，and colleagues at the University of Minnesota，Saint Paul，spent four years。watching how young chimpanzees in the Gombe National Park in Tanzania4 learned“cultural behavior”．
The sex differences in learning behavior were“consistent and strikingly apparent”，says the team．The researchers point out that similar differences are seen in human children with regard to skills such as writing．“A sex—based learning differences may therefore date back0 at 1east to the 1ast common ancestor of chimpanzees and humans，”they write in the journal Nature．
Chimps make flexible tools'：from vegetation and then insert them into termite mounds 27．extract them and then munch 28 the termites 29 clinging onto the t001．The researchers used video cameras to record this feeding behavior and found that each chimp 23 mother had her own technique。such as how she used tools of different lengths．
Analysis of the six infants whose ages were known showed that girl chimps were an average Of 3 1 months old when they succeeded in fishing out their termites．where the boy chimps were aged 58 months on average．Females were also more skillful at getting out more termites with every dip and used techniques similar to their mothers while males did not．
Instead of studying their mothers，the boy chimps spent a significantly greater amount of time frolicking around the termite mound 26．Behaviors such as playing or swinging might help the male infants later in life when typically male activities like hunting or fighting for dominance become
important，suggest the researchers．
Lonsdorf adds that there are just two main sources of animal protein for chimps — the termites or colobus monkeys．“Mature males often hunt monkeys up flees．but females are almost
always either pregnant or burdened with a clinging infants．This makes hunting difficult,” she says．”Adult females spend more time fishing for termites than males．’’So becoming proficient 30 at termite fishing’could mean．adult females eat better,” They can watch their offspring at the same time．The young of both sexes seem to pursue activities related to their adult sex roles at a very young age．”

词汇．
chimp／n(口语)=chimpanzee／n．黑猩猩
outlearn／v．在学习上胜过
termite／n。白蚁
munch／v．用力嚼；津津有味地吃
frolic／／n．嬉戏v．(-icked；一icking)嬉戏
colobus／n．疣猴
offspring／n．子孙，后代

1．Why do young female chimps learn faster than young male chimps at fishing for termites?
A)Because young female chimps don’t play with their brothers．
B)Because young female chimps begin to study their mothers earlier．
C)Because young male chimps never learn to fish for termites．
D)Because young male chimps are not interested in termites．
2．What are the tools With which chimps fish for termites?
A)Tree branches．
B)Vegetables．
C)Fruits．
D)Grass．
3．Which of the following is true about chimps fishing for termites according to paragraph 6?
A) Males often compete with females in fishing for termites．
B)Males could get out more termites with every dip．
C)Females could get out more termites with every dip．
D)Males are good at mastering technique for fishing for termites．
4．How did the researchers explain the fact that boy chimps spent more time Oil playing?
A)They like hunting．
B)They enjoy fighting．
C)It helps them to stay fit．
D)It will make them good fighters and hunters in the future．
5．According t0 the last paragraph．which of the following is NOT true?
A)Adult chimps hunt monkeys while young chimps fish for termites．
B)The main source of animal piotein for male chimps is colobus monkeys．
C)The main source of animal protein for female chimps is termites．
D)Female chimps fish for termites while watching their children．

第五部分：补全短文（每题2分，共10分）
阅读下面的短文，文章中有5处空白，文章后有6组文字，请根据文章的内容选择5组文字，将其分别放会文章原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置。

Weight Worries May Start Early for Slim Women
There is a range of reasons why thin women think they’re too heavy，but the distorted body image may often have its roots in childhood，me results of a new study suggest.
Researchers found that among more than 2．400 min women they surveyed，nearly 1 0 percent thought they were too heavy．——(1)——.
According to the study authors，led by Dr．Susanne Kruger Kjaer of the Danish Cancer Society，Copenhagen，society’s“ideal”female body is moving toward an underweight physique· ___2___.
To investigate body image among thin women，the researchers gave questionnaires to 2,443 women ages 27 to 38 whose body mass index was at the low end of normal.——(3)——.
Overall，almost 1 0 percent of the women thought they were too heavy．Those who reported certain“severe life events”in childhood or adolescence，such as having a parent become ill or having their educational hopes dashed，were more likely than others to have a distorted body image．——(4)——.
In contrast，traumatic events in adulthood，such as serious illness or significant marital 31 problems, were not related to poor body image，the researchers report
一(5)——

underweight adj．重量不足的
physique n．体格
questionnaire n．调查表
dash vt．使(希望、计划等)破灭，挫败
traumatic adj．使人不快的

A The same was true of4 women who started having sex or drinking alcohol when they were younger than 1 5 years old．
B Experiences’in childhood．including having an ill parent，or starting to drink or have sex at a particularly young age，were among the risk factors for having a distorted body image·
C “Our results indicate that the risk of being dissatisfied with (one’s)own body weight may be established early in life，”Kjaer and her colleagues write．
D Research suggests that many normal-weight women wish to weigh less．
E If worries have altered your appetite or weight，it will help to talk to someone about it．
F The women were asked about factors ranging from childhood experiences to current
exercise habits．

第六部分：完型填空 （每题1分，共15分）
阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案，并涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

Save Energy at Home
On the average，Americans waste as much energy as two-thirds of the world’s population consumes．That’s _1_ the result of driving inefficient 32 cars，using inefficient appliances，andliving and working in poorly insulated buildings．Then what can you do to improve the _2_ ?
Buy energy-efficient products．—Buy new appliances or electronics of the highest energy-efficiency rating．New energy·efficient models may cost more initially，but have a lower operating _3_ over their lifetimes．The most energy-efficient models _4_ the Energy Star label．which identifies products that use 20一40 percent less energy than standard new products． According to the EPA，the typical American household can save about$400 per year in _5_ bills with products that carry the Energy Star．
Switch to compact fluorescent 33 bulbs．一Change the three bulbs you use _6_ in your house to compact fluorescents3．Each compact fluorescent bulb will keep half a ton of carbon dioxide out of the air over its lifetime． _7_ ，compact fluorescent bulbs last ten times as long and can save$30 per year in electricity costs．
Set heating and cooling temperatures correctly．—Check thermostats 35 in your home to make sure they are _8_ at a level that doesn’t waste energy．Get an electronic thermostat 34 that will allow your furnace to heat the house to a lower temperature when you’re sleeping and retum it to a more _9_ temperature before you wake up．
Turn off the lights．一 _10_ lights and other electrical appliances such as televisions and radios when you’re not using them．Install automatic timers for lights that people in your house frequently forget to turn them off when _11_ a room．
Choose renewable energy．— Many consumers can now choose their energy supplier．If you have a choice，choose an electric utility that uses renewable power _12_ ，such as solar, water or wind．
Let the sun shine In．—The cheapest and most energy—efficient light and heat source is often right_outside your windows．On _13_ days，open blinds to let the sun light’your home for free．Also remember that _14_ entering a room equals passive solar heating．Even on cold winter days，sun streaming into a room Can raise the temperature by several _15_．

词汇：
appliance／n．(电气)器具
dioxide／n．二氧化物
insulate／adj．隔热
thermostat／n．温度自动调节器
rating／n．等级级别
timer／n．定时器
fluorescent／adj．荧光的
blind／n．百叶窗

1． A) unlikely B)largely C)tremendously D)vastly
2． A) tool B)factor C)fact D)situation
3． A) prize B)label C)cost D)position
4． A) carry B)bring C)change D)return
5． A) phone B)water C)food D)energy
6． A) less B)most C)rarely D)seldom
7． A) Moreover B)However C)Therefore D)So
8． A) corrected B)changed C)set D)repaired
9． A) comfortable B)common C)convenient D)dramatic
10． A) Turn over B)Turn on C)Turn off D)Turn out
11． A) decorating B)using C)repairing D)leaving
l 2． A) station B)resources C)supply D)shortage
13． A) bright B)cloudy C)hot D)dark
14． A) air B)rain C)wind D)sunlight
15． A) layers B)levels C)degrees D)points