1、2005 年职称英语等级考试理工类 B 级试题答案及题解第 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 It is obvious that he will win the gameA likely B possible C clear D strange2 There is no risk to public healthA point B danger C chance D hope3 Did anyon
2、e call me when was out?A invite C answer B nameD phone4 It took us along time to mend the houseA build B destroy C design D repair5 I dont quite follow what she is sayingA believe B understand C explain D accept6 We can no longer put up with his actionsA bear B accept C support D oppose7 Loud noises
3、 can be irritatingA confusing B interesting C stimulating D annoying8 That player is eternally arguing with the refereeA desperately C eventually B constantlyD extensively9 The governor gave a rather vague outline of his tax plan.A unclear B firm C short D neat10 Gambling is lawful in NevadaA popula
4、r B booming C legal D profitable11 These are their motives for doing it-A reasons B excuses C answers D plans12 The river widens considerably as it begins to turn west.A twists B stretches C broadens D bends13 Henry cannot resist the lure of drugs-A abuse B flavor C temptation D consumption14 These
5、programmes are of immense value to old peopleA natural B fatal C tiny D enormous15 A great deal has been done to remedy the situationA maintain B improve C assess D protect第2 部分:阅读判断 ( 第16-22 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
6、文章中没有提及.请在答题卡上把 C 涂黑.The Smog(烟雾)For over a month. Indonesia was in crisis. Forest fires raged out of control as the countrySuffered its worst drought for 50 years . Smoke form the fires mixed with sunlight and hot dry air toform a cloud of smog This pollution quickly spread and within days it was h
7、anging overneighbouring countries including MalaysiaSingapore and Thailand When the smoke combinedwith pollution from factories and carsit soon became poisonous(有毒的)Dangerous amounts ofCO became trapped under the smog and pollution levels rosePeople wheezed f 喘息)and coughed as they left the house an
8、d their eyes wateredimmediatelyThe smog made it impossible to see across streets and whole cities disappeared as grey soot(烟灰)covered everythingIn some areas ，water was hosed(用胶管浇)from highrise city buildings totIY and break up the smogFinally，heavy rains，which came in November，put out the fires and
9、cleared the airBut the environmental costs and health problems will remainMany people fromSouth-Eastern Asian cities aireadv suffer from breathing huge amounts of car exhaust fumes(汽车排放的废气)and factory pollutionBreathing problems could well increase and many non-sufferersmay have difficulties for 血e
10、first timeWildlife has suffered tooIn lowland forests，elephants，deer, and tigers have been driven out of their homes by smog But smog is not just an AsianproblemIn fact，the word was first used in London in 1905 to describe the mixture of smoke andthick fogFog often hung over the capitalSometimes the
11、smog was so thick and poisonous thatpeople were killed by breathing problems or in accidentsAbout 4，000 Londoners died within five days as a result of thick smog in 1952.16 Indonesia was in crisis because of the droughtA RightB WrongC Not mentioned17 The smog spread to neighbouring countriesA RightB
12、 WrongC Not mentioned18 The airpollution index went up t0 300 within a few daysA RightB WrongC Not mentioned19 Water was used to try to break up the smogA RightB WrongC Not mentioned20 Many Indonesians blamed the government for the droughtA RightB WrongC Not mentioned21 The forest animals havent bee
13、n affected by the smogA RightB WrongC Not mentioned22 The word“smog”first appeared in 1952A RightB WrongC Not mentioned第3 部分：概括大意与完成句子 (第21-30 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l4 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。Cloning(克隆)：Future Perfe
14、ct?1 A clone is an exact copy of a plant or animal produced from any one cell Since Scottishscientists reported that they had managed to clone a sheep named Dolly in 1997 research intocloning has grown rapidlyIn May 1998，scientists in Massachusetts managed to create WTOidentical calves(牛犊)using clon
15、ing technology A mouse has also been cloned successfully But thedebate over cloning humans really started when Chicago physicist Richard Seed made a surprisingannouncement：“We will have managed to clone a human being within the next twoyears，”he told the world2 Seeds announcement provoked a lot of m
16、edia attention，most of it negativeIn Europe，nineteennations have already signed an agreement banning human cloning and in the US the Presidentannounced：“We will be introducing a law to ban au human cloning and many states in the US willhave passed anticloning laws by the end of the year”3 Many resea
17、rchers are not so negative about cloning They are worried that laws banning humancloning will threaten important research In March，The New England Journal of Medicine calledany plan to ban research on cloning humans seriously mistaken Many researchers also believe thatin spite of attempts to ban it，
18、human cloning will have become routine by 2010 because it isimpossible to stop the progress of science4 Is there reason to fear that cloning will lead to a nightmare world? The public has beenbombarded(轰炸 )with newspaper articles，television shows and films，as well as cartoonsSuchinformation is often
19、 misleading，and makes people wonder what on earth the scientists will be doingnext5 Within the next five to ten years scientists will probably have found a way of cloning humansItcould be that pretty soon we will be able to choose the person that we want our child to look likeBut how would it feel t
20、o be a clone among hundreds，the anti-cloners ask Pretty cool，answer thepro-cloners (赞成克隆的人 )23 Paragraph l _24 Paragraph 2_25 Paragraph 3_26 Paragraph 4_A Strong ReactionsB Anxiety about the Future of CloningC The Right to ChooseD What is Cloning?E Arguments in Favor of CloningF A Common Sight27 Ric
21、hard Seed claimed to be able toclone_28 Richard Seeds announcementreceived_29 The United States will introduce_30 Within ten years scientists will probablyhave_A the nucleus of a cellB cloned human beingsC a human being in two yearsD a law to ban human cloningE a report on human cloningF heavy media
22、 coverage5第4 部分：阅读理解(第3145 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置上。第一篇 Almost Human?Scientists are racing to build the worlds first thinking robotThis is not sciencefiction： somesay they will have made it by the year 2020 Carol Packer reportsMachines t
23、hat walk，speak and feel are no longer science fictionKismet is the nameof an android(机器人)which scientists have built at the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology(MIT)Kismet is different from the traditional robot because it Can show humanemotionsIts eyes，ears and lips move to show when it feels happy
24、. sad orboredKismet is one of the first of a new generation of androidsrobots that looklike human beingswhich Can imitate human feelingsCog，another androidinvented by the MIT, imitates the action of a motherHowever, scientists admit thatSo far Cog has the mental ability of a twoyearoldThe optimists(
25、乐观主义者)say that by the year 2020 we will have createdhumanoids(机器人)with brains similar to those of all adult human beingThese robotswill be designed to look like people to make them more attractive and easier to sell tothe publicWhat kind of jobs will they do? In the future，robots like Robonaut，ahuma
26、noid invented by NASA，will be doing dangerous jobs，like repairing spacestationsThey will also be doing more and mom of the household work for us InJapan，scientists are designing androids that will entertain us bydancing and playingthe pianoSome people worry about what the future holds：will robots be
27、come monsters(怪物)?Will people themselves become increasingly like robots? Experts predict thatmore and more people will be wearing microcomputers，connected to the Internet，in the future People will have microchips in various parts of their body，which willconnect them to a wide variety of gadgets(小装置
28、)Perhaps we should notexaggerate(夸大)the importance of technology，but one wonders whether，in years to6come，we will still be falling in love，and whether we will still feel painWho knows?31 Kismet is different from traditional robots becauseA it thinks for itselfB It is not like science fictionC it can
29、 look after twoyear-oldD it seems to have human feelings32 What makes Cog special?A It looks like a motherB It behaves like a childC It can imitate the behavior of a motherD It has a huge brain33 In about 15 years time from now，robotsA will become space designersB will look like monstersC will behav
30、e like animalsD will think like humans34 In the future robots will alsoA explore spaceB entertain peopleC move much fasterD do a11 of the housework35 What is the writers attitude to robots in the future?A CriticalB HostileC ObjectiveD Enthusiastic第二篇 Credit Card Only Works When Spoken toA credit car
31、d that will not work unless it hears its owners voice could become animportant weapon in the fight against fraud(欺骗)The card requires users to give a spoken password that it recognizes using a built-in7Voice-recognition chipThe idea is to prevent thieves using a stolen card or fraudstersusing someon
32、e elses credit card details to buy goods onlineA model built by engineers at Beepcard in Santa Monica，California，represents thefirst attempt to pack a microphone。a loudspeaker，a battery and a voicerecognitionchip into a standardsized credit cardThey are not quite there yet：the card is the length and
33、 width of an ordinary creditcard， but it is still about three times as thickThe company now plans to make itthinnerThe voice card is based on an earlier Beepcard technology designed to preventfraud inonline transactions This earlier card has no microphone，but has a builtin loudspeakerthat it uses to
34、“squawk”(发出叫声 )a voice ID signal via a computers microphone toan online serverBy verifying(证实)that the signal matches the card details，the server can establishthat the user is not simply keying in a credit card number but actually has the card tohandThe ID code changes each time the card is used in
35、a preordered sequence thatonly the server knowsThis prevents fraudsters recording the beeps，noting the card details and thenplaying back the audible ID when they key in the details later But this earliertechnology cannot prevent fraudulent use of stolen cards The new one canThe new voice card also i
36、dentifies itself by its ID squawkbut it will not do this untilit has verified the legitimate(合法的)users spoken password Thieves will be unableto use the card because even if they knew the password they would have to be able tocopy the owners voice with a high degree of accuracyThe challenge for Beepc
37、ard has been to develop voice-recognition and audiocircuitry that Can be powered by a mini battery embedded(嵌入的)in a credit card Tomaximize battery life，the electronics are only switched on when the card is beingused Pressing a button on the cards surface prompts it to utter “Say yourpassword ”in fe
38、male voice If the voicerecognition software proves that the8password is authentic(真实的 )，it sends its ID squawk which the server thenidentifiesallowing the transaction to proceed36 The voice credit card is an important invention becauseA it can be made cost-effectivelyB it can leave voice messages，C
39、it makes online shopping easyD it makes fraud difficult37 What is the problem which the model card?A It is too largeB It is toot hickC It cant be used in online transactionsD It doesnt have a loudspeaker38 Which of the following statements about the earlier card is true?A Its owner can change the ID
40、 code freelyB Its user does not need to key in the ID numberC It can record its users spoken passwordD It still can be used by someone else after being stolen39 What is the advantage of the new voice card?A It recognizes only its owners spoken passwordB It doesnt need to work with an online serverC
41、It requires less ID informationD It has a playback function40 What can we learn from the last paragraph about the voice card?A Only female voice passwords could be recognizedB Further improvement should be made to extend battery lifeC There is no limit to its applicationD Female customers like to us
42、e it第三篇 More Than a Ride to School9The National Education Association claims，“The school bus is a mirror of thecommunity”They further add that，unfortunately，what appears on the exterior does not alwaysreflect the reality of a chosen communityThey are rightsometimes it reflects more!Just ask Liesl De
43、nsonRiding the sch001 bus has been more than a ride to school forLieslBruce Hardy, sch001 bus driver for A1thouse Bus Company has been Lieslsbus 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 busThis
44、 year Liesl is a senior and will enjoy her last year riding the busShe says ，“Itsbeen a great ride so far! My bus driver is so cool and has always been a good friendand a good listener Sometimes when youre a child adults do not think that whatyou have to say is important ML Hardy always listens to w
45、hat you have to say andmakes you feel important Her friends Ashley Batista and Amanda Wolfe agreeBruce Hardy has been making Octorara students feel special since 1975 This yearhe will celebrate 30 years working for Althouse Bus CompanyLarry Althouse ，president of the company acknowledges Bruce Hardy
46、s outstanding record：“You donot come by employees like Bruce these daysHe has never missed a day of work andhas a perfect driving recordHe was recognized in 2000 by the Pennsylvania SchoolBus Association for driving 350，000 accident free milesHardys reputation is madefurther evident through the rela
47、tionships he has made with the students that ride hisbusAlthouse further adds，”Althouse Bus Company was established 70 years ago andhas been providing quality transportation ever since My grandfather started thebusiness with one busAlthouse Bus Company is delighted to have the opportunity tobring di
48、stinctive and safe service to our local school and community and looksforward to continuing to provide quality service for many more years to come”Three generations of business is not all the company has enjoyed Thanks to driverslike Bruce Hardy ,they have been building relationships through generat
49、ionsLieslsmother Carol also enjoys fond memories of riding Bruce Hardys bus to the Octorara10School District41 The word “mirror in the first line could be best replaced byA “vehicle”B “device”C “need”D “reflection”42 Bruce Hardy has been working with Althouse Bus CompanyA for 30 yearsB for 70 yearsC since last yearD since 2000.43 Which of the following
