1、2005年职称英语考试理工类(C 级)试题及答案第1部分：词汇选项 (第1 15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 Our English teacher is sickA fatB weakC|i11D mad2 Mary is looking for the book she lost yesterdayA trying to find B trying to readC trying to buyD trying to borrow3
2、I rarely play basketballA normally B seldomC frequently D usually4 My father is a physicianA researcher B professorC doctorD student5 The Foreign Service is a branch of the Department of StateA center B divisionC rootD base6 Please put up your bands if you have any questionsA raise B reachC waveD fo
3、ld7 Man cannot exit without waterA expand B riseC liveD quit8 Jean has made up her mind not to go to the meetingA tried B promisedC decided D attempted9 This reminds me of lots of thingsA much B someC bigD many10 She will be very pleased to meet youA angry B happyC sadD unwilling11 It is obvious tha
4、t he will win the gameA likely B possibleC clear D unwilling12 There is no risk to public health.A point B dangerC chanceD hope13 Did anyone call me when I was out?A invite B nameC answerD phone14 It took US a long time to mendthe house.A buildC designB repairD repair15 I dont quite follow what she
5、is sayingA believe B understandC explainD accept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；如果该旬的信息文章中没有提及，请在答题卡上把 C 涂黑。The Smog(烟雾 )For over a month，Indonesia was in crisisForest fires raged out of control as the countrysuffe
6、red its worst drought for 50 yearsSmoke from the fires mixed with sunlight and hot dry airto form a cloud of smogThis pollution quickly spread and within days it was hanging overneighbouring countries including Malaysia，Singapore and ThailandWhen the smoke combined with pollution from factories and
7、cars，it soon became poisonous(有毒的) Dangerous amounts of CO became trapped under the smog and pollution levels rosePeople wheezed(喘息)and coughed as they left the house and their eyes watered immediatelyThe smog made it impossible to see across streets and whole cities disappeared as grey soot(烟灰)cove
8、red everythingIn some areas ，water was hosed(用胶管浇)from high-rise citybuildings to try and break up the smogFinally, heavy rains, which came came in November. Put out the fires and clear the air . But theenvironmental costs and health problems will remain Many people from SouthEastern Asiancities alr
9、eady suffer from breathing huge amounts of Car exhaust fumes(汽车排放的废气)andfactory pollution Breathing problems could well increase and many nonsufferers may havedifficulties for the first timeWildlife has suffered tooIn lowland forests，elephants ，deer, andtigers have been driven out of their homes by
10、smogBut smog is not just an Asian problem. In fact .was world was first used in London in 1905 todescribe the mixture of smoke and thick fogFog often hung over the capitalSometimes thesmog was SO thick and poisonous that people were killed by breathing problems or in accidentsAbout 4，000 Londoners d
11、ied within five days as a result of thick smog in 195216 Indonesia was in crisis because of the droughtA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned17 The smog spread to neighbouring countriesA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned18 The air-pollution index went up to 300 within a few days.A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
12、19 Water was used to try to break up the smog.A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned20 Many Indonesians blamed the government for the droughtA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned21 The forest animals havent been affected by the smog.A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned22 The word “smog” first appeared in 1952.A Right
13、 B Wrong C Not mentioned第3部分：概括大意与完成句子 (第2 330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14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。A Star Is Born1 The VLT(Very Large Telescope)is the worlds largest telescope(望远镜)and is takingastronomers(72文学家)further back to the
14、 Big Bang than they ever thought possibleLocated2,600 metres up io the Chilean Andes，it has four huge mirrors，each about the size of a LondonbusThe VLT is SO powerful it Can spot a burning match 10.000 kilometres away2 This astonishing power will allow astronomers to see events in space from the bir
15、th of starsto the collision(碰撞)of galaxies(星系)on the edge of the cosmos(宇宙)The VLT is givingastronomers their best-ever view of the cosmosThe power of the VLT to see the smallest detail atthe furthest distances makes its designers amazed3 Take the case of Eta Carinae，one of the most explosive stars
16、in the universeThis starproduces ultraviolet laser rays(紫外线)and it will destroy itself in a few million yearstimeIt isfive times brighter than the sun and when it explodes it is going to be a sight worth waiting for 14 But it is at distances of millions，even billions，of light years that the VLT real
17、ly shows itspower The VLT can detect light that set out on its journey before the earth even existedThisgives astronomers their firstever detailed views of events that took place in the earliest days ofthe cosmos5 In other wordsthe VLT is a kind of a time machineIt takes astronomers back to a timewh
18、en complete galaxies crashed into each otherThe effects of these past collisions Can now beseen by scientists，and astronomers believe the telescope will reveal more about these excitingevents in the years to comeOne day, we might be able to say we have traveled back to thebeginning of time，and we wi
19、ll have a much clearer picture of how our planet was born23 Paragraph 1 24 Paragraph 2 25 Paragraph 3 26 Paragraph 4 A Enents That Took place Before the Earth ExistdB Power of the TelescopeC Details of Eta CarinaeD Invention of a Time MachineE Biggest Telescope27 The VLT will allow scientists to see
20、 events 28 The designers of the VlT are surprised at 29 Eta Carinae is taken 30 Scientists believe the VLT will tell us more about A its detecting powerB millions of light years away in spaceC the location of the VLTD as an exampleE the birth of the earthF the rotation of the earth第4部分：阅读理解(第31-45题，
21、每题3分，共4 5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Pushbike DangerLow speed bicycle crashes can badly injureor even killchildren if they fall onto theends of the handlebars(车把) So a team of engineers is redesigning it to make it saferKristy Arbogast，a bioengineer at t
22、he Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania，began the project with her colleaguesThe cases they reviewed about serious abdominal(腹部的)injuries in children in the past 30 years showed that more than a third were caused by bicycleaccidents ”The task was to identify how the injuries occurred a
23、nd come up with seinecountermeasures， ”she saysBy interviewing the children and their parents，Arbogast and her team were able toreconstruct many of the accidents and identified a common cause for serious injuries Theydiscovered that most cases occur when children hit an obstacle at slow speed，causin
24、g them totopple f 摇摆)over To maintain their balance the children turn the handlebars through 90degreesbut their momentum(冲力)forces them into the end of the handlebarsThe bike thenfalls over and the other end of the handlebars hits the ground，pushing it in to their abdomen(腹部The solution the group ca
25、me up with is a handgrip (握柄)fitted with a spring and damping(减速)system. The spring absorbs up to 50 per cent of the forces transmitted(传递)through thehandlebars in all impactThe group hopes to commercialize the device，which should add only afew dollars to tle cost of a bike “But our task has been on
26、e of education because up until nowbicycle manufacturers were unaware of the problem， ”says Arbogast31 The engineers are trying to improve the handlebars becauseA they are not beautifulB they may kill childrenC they are likely to crashD they affect the speed of the bike32 How many abdominal injuries
27、 in children were caused by bicycle accidents?A ThirtyB NinetyC 50 percentD More than a third.33 The world “countermeasures” in paragraph 2 meansA “problems”B “approaches”C “solutions”D actions”in paragraph 2means34 Paragraph 3 mainly discussesA why the children and their parents were interviewedB h
28、ow serious abdominal injuries occur.C when the children turn the handlebarsD what stops bicycle accidents35 The advantage of the new handgrip is thatA it can be made cheaply.B it reduces the impact in bicycle accidentsC it helps to slow down the speed of the bicycleD it sells well at bicycle shops第二
29、篇Saving MoneyWhere you save your money often depends on what you are saving for If you are saving tobuy a CD(光盘)or to go to a concert, then probably you would keep your money somewhere inyour roomIf you are saving for a big purchase like a mountain bike or a school trip，where would yousave your mone
30、y?One place to save money is the bank Putting your money in a savings account will helpyour money early more money If you put your money in a piggy bank(猪形储蓄罐)，one yearlater you11 still have the same amount of money you put inIf you put your money in a savingsaccount，one year later, youll have more
31、money than you put in Why?When you keep your money in a bank，your money earns interestInterest is the amount ofmoney a bank pays you to use your moneyThe bank uses your money (and the money of otherpeople，too)to loan money to people and businessesThe bank will send you a statement several times a ye
32、ar A bank statement tells you howmuch money you have in your account，It also tells you how much interest you have earnedIfyou leave your money in the bank，you Can watch it grow!Another way you can save money is to buy a certificate of deposit or CDIf you have somemoney that you dont need to use for
33、a long time，this is a good way to make your money growYou Can buy a cd at a bankYou agree not to use the money for a certain period of timeThat period might be from six months to five yearsYou Cant touch your money during that timeIf you do，you must pay a penalty，or fee36 Your money will earn more m
34、oney if you put it.A in your roomB in a piggy bankC in your pocketD in a savings account37 A bank pays you interest forA wasting your moneyB losing your moneyC using your moneyD decreasing your money38 Among other thingsa bank statement tells youA the amount of money you have in the bankB the curren
35、t rates of interestC the current rates of exchangeD the best way to save your money39 If you draw your money before it is dueyou will have toA pay interest to the bankB close your accountC open a new accountD pay a penalty or fee40 The word “touch in paragraph 7 could be best replaced byA “deposit”B
36、 “lend”C “use”D “cash”第三篇Almost Human?Scientists are racing to build the worlds first thinking robot .This is not science fiction：somesay they will have made it by the year 2020.Carol Packer repotsMachines that walk，speak and feel are no longer science fictionKismet is the name of anandroid(机器人)whic
37、h scientists have built at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT)Kismet is different from the tradition。al robot because it can show human emotionsIts eyesearsand lips move to show when it feels happysad or boredKismet is one of the first of a newgeneration of androidsrobots that 100k like h
38、uman beingswhich can imitate humanfeelingsCog ，another android invented by the MIT, imitates the action of a mother Howere,scientists admit that so far Cog has the mental ability of a twoyearoldThe optimists(乐观主义者)say that by the year 2020 we will have created humanoids(机器人)with brains similar to th
39、ose of an adult human beingThese robots will be designed to looklike people to make them more attractive and easier to sell to the publicWhat kind of jobs will they do? In the future，robots like Robonaut ，a humanoid invented by NASA，will be doingdangerous jobs，like repairing space stations They will
40、 also be doing more and more of thehousehold work for USIn Japan，scientists are designing androids that will entertain US bydancing and playing the pianoSome people worry about what the future holds：will robots become monsters(怪物)?Willpeople themselves become increasingly like robots? Experts predic
41、t that more and more peoplewill be wearing micro-computers，connected to the Internet，in the futurePeople will havemicro-chips in various parts of their body，which will connect them to a wide variety of gadgets(小装置) Perhaps we should not exaggerate(夸大)the importance of technology，but onewonders wheth
42、er , in years to come，we will still be falling in love，and whether we will still feelpainWho knows?41 Kismet is different from traditional robots becauseA it thinks for itselfB it is not 1ike science fictionC it Can 100k after two-yearoldsD it seems to have human feelings42 What makes Cog special?A
43、It looks 1ike a motherB It behaves 1ike a childC It can imitate 血 e behavior of a motherD It has a huge brain43 In aboutl5 years time from now , robotsA will become space designersB will look like monstersC will behave 1ike animalsD will think like humans44 In the future robots will alsoA explore sp
44、aceB entertain peopleC move much fasterD do all of the housework55 What is the writers attitude to robots in the future?A CriticalB HostileC ObjectiveD Enthusiastic第5部分：补全短文 (第46 5 0题，每题2分，共1 0分)阅读下面的短文，文章中有5处空白，文章后面有6组文字，请根据文章的内容选择5组文字，将其分别放回文章原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。Caribbean IslandsWhat woul
45、d you see if you took a cruise to the Caribbean Islands ? Palm trees and coconuts(椰子)?White beaches and clear，blue ocean ? Colorful corals( 珊瑚)and even more colorfulfishes and birds?You bet There are thousands of islands in the Caribbean SeaThey are famous for theirwarm， tropical climate and great n
46、atural beautyThe Caribbean Islands form a chain that separates the Caribbean Sea from the rest of theAtlantic Ocean Some of the islands were formed by the eruption(爆发)of ancient volcanoes(火山 (46)The Caribbean Islands are known by several names (47)The explorerChristopher Columbus called the islands
47、the Indies in 1492 because he thought he was near thecoast of India Later ,Spain and France called the islands the AntillesThere are four large islands in the Caribbean Sea (48) These four islands areoften called the Greater Antilles Together ,they account for about 90 percent of the land area ofthe
48、 Caribbean IslandsThe rest of the Caribbean Islands are much smallerSome of these islands are no more thantiny slivers(小片)of exposed coralYou can see why pirates(海盗)such as the famousBlackbeard sailed these waters (49)The weather of the Caribbean Sea is almost always warnand sunny Sandy beaches line
49、 thecoasts of many islandsThis is why millions of tourists visit the islands each yearA But life on the Caribbean Islands is not always painfulB The earliest name used by Europeans is the Indies，later changed to the West IndiesC Others are lowlying coral islands that gradually rose from the oceanD They are Cuba，Puerto Rico，Jamaica ，and Hispaniola(so)E Ma
