中石油职称英语通用选读2013版1-15课习题及答案.doc

Lesson 1 The Value of Time1. If our time is usefully used, it will produce some useful piece of work which will _ its price in the market.A. catch B. fetch C. attach D. approach2. There can be no doubt that time is _ into money.A convert B. revert C. conventional D. convertible3. Let them remember that an hour misspent is _ to the loss of a banknote.A. equipped B. equation C. equivalent D. equivalence4. Moreover, our life is _ our time.A. nothing more than B. anything other than C. something more than D. anything more than5. But we are too often _ to loss of an hour or of a day.A. different B. indifferent C. differed D. difference6. Some years have to be spent in merry-making, _ on our own account_ for the sake of others.A. neithernor B. either or C. either and7. We shall find about 15 or 20 years at our _ for active work. A. dispose B. compose C. disposal D. supposal8. If we allow one moment to _ away, we shall never be able to recoup the loss.A. slip B. take C. put D. sleep答案：1B 2D 3C 4 A 5 B 6 B 7C 8ALesson 2 English Is a Crazy Language1. English muffins werent invented in England _ French fries in France.A. while B. not C. either D. nor2. Sweetmeats are candies _ sweetbread, which arent sweet, are meat.A. what B. as C. which D. while3. We take English for _.A. ground B. great C. granted D. grant4. But if we explore its _, we find that quicksand can work slowly.A. parade B. paraphrases C. paragraphs D. Paradoxes5. Did you make _ to Tom for his loss?A. mend B. mind C. amends D. amend6. You can _ through the annals of history.A. combine B. comb C. tomb D. combat 7. If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of _of them, what do you call it?A. one but all B. all only one C. all but one D. all besides one8. Sometimes I think all the English speakers should _ to an asylum for verbally insane.A. be permitted B. be omitted C. vomited D. be committed9. How can the _ be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?A. climate B. whether C weather D. climb10. You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language _ your house can burn up as it burns down.A. what B. about which C. of which D. in which11. My alarm clock _ at 6 every morning.A. goes on B. goes off C. gets up D. gets out答案：1D 2D 3C 4 D 5 C 6 B 7C 8D 9C 10 D 11BLesson 3 All I Learned in Kindergarten1. When you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands and _ together.A. stick B. stuck C. strike D. struck2. Put things back _ you found them.A. what B. while C. where D. which3. Goldfish and hamsters all die. _.A. So do us B. So we do C. So are we D. So do we4. Think of what a better world _ if we all had cookies and milk about 3 oclock every afternoon.A. would it be B. it would be C. will it be D. it going to be5. It would be a better world if we all _ with our blankets for a nap.A. lay down B. laid down C. lain down D. lied down6. No matter how old you are, when you go out into the world, it _ to hold hands and stick together.A. would better B. had better C. be better D. is better答案：1A 2C 3D 4B 5A 6DLesson 4 How to Negotiate with Americans1. When _ partners meet, the emphasis is on small talk and smiling.A. negotiate B. negotiated C. negotiating D. negotiation2. _ business communication in the US is pleasant and easygoing, it is at the same time ruthlessly focused.A. If B. When C. Although D. Which3. American business partners _ their academic titles on their business card.A. renounce B. announce C. pronounce D. renumber4. US impatience in negotiations should not be _ as impoliteness.A. received B. perceived C. conceived D. perception5. We should _ a negotiated agenda, or even a draft agreement.A. conserve B. preserve C. observe D. serve6. The _ attitude in the US does not mean there is no hierarchy in US companiesA. causal B. cause C. usual D. casual答案：1C 2C 3A 4B 5C 6DLesson 5 Network Security1. Internet identity _ is a growing problem. A. thief B. theft C. steal D. then2. Watch out for _ imitations of banks and card companies.A. conceive B. convincing C. convinced D convertible3. Dont _ your birth date, mothers maiden name or pet name.A. divulge B. indulge C. dispose D. diverse4. Take time to _ the validity of an offer.A. check in B. check out C. take in D. take out5. Sign up for alerts _ your mobile phone or email.A. sending to B. sent to C. to be sent to D. to sent to6. _ fee-based services offer more extensive monitoring of credit information. A. Opt B. Opportunity C. Opposed D. Optional答案：1B 2B 3A 4B 5C 6DUnit 11 Smoking and Cancer1 This is roughly the _ of 4195 cigarettes a year for every person in the country of 18 years of age or more.A equal B equality C equivalent D equator 2 Research teams have conducted studies that show beyond all reasonable doubt that tobacco smoking, particularly cigarette smoking, is associated _ shortened life expectancy.A to B with C by D in3 _ smoking, if you dont smoke-dont start.A Give in B Give away C give up D give off4 Some _physicians and research workers are less sure of the effect of cigarette smoking on health.A compete B competent C competitive D competence5 Smokers who develop cancer or lung diseases may also, _, live in industrial areas or eat more canned food.A by coincidence B in coincidence C with coincidence D of coincidence6 It is estimated that 51% of American men smoke _ 34% of American women.A comparing with B comparing to C compared with D compare to7 One point of concentration is _ the air tube, or bronchus, divides.A which B where C what D how8 Current research indicates a _ relationship between all forms of smoking an cancer of the mouth and throat.A casual B causal C cause D course答案：1 C 2 B 3 C 4 B 5 A 6 C 7 B 8 BLesson 12 The Positive Meanings of Love1. I have an _ of the others feelings and thoughts.A. aware B. award C. awareness D. awake2. I can _ social masks and roles.A. penetrate B. penalize C. penalty D. penetration3. My caring is not _, nor does it hold the other person back. A. positive B. possession C. progressive D. possessive4. I dont put up _ to what you do that enhances you as a person.A. objective B. obstacles C. observe D. Obvious5. I avoid _ you as an object.A. to treat B. being treat C. treating D. to treating6. I _ to most of your major needs as a person.A. response B. responsible C. respond D. respect7. It does not include my doing for you _ you are capable of doing for yourself.A. which B. what C. who D. where8. We see that love involves an _ of some responsibility for the impact may way of being has on you .A. receipt B. accept C. acceptance D. access9. Love can _ imperfection.A. tolerate B. tolerable C. liberate D. celebrate10. Authentic love does not imply _ happiness.A. endurance B. enduring C. during D. ensure11. I _ the idea that love is a spirit that changes life.A agree with B agree to C in agreement with D agreeable12. Love is not _ for a perfect world.A. observed B. reserved C. conserve D. resorted答案：1 C 2 A 3 C 4 B 5 C 6 C 7 B 8 C 9 A 10 B 11 A 12 BLesson 13 Does exercise Have Unexpected Benefits?1. A _ of scientific studies of animals suggests that physical activity has a positive effect on mental functioning.A. success B. succeed C. succession D. successive2. Vigorous physical exercise provides the brain _ more fuel.A. for B. with C. by D. as3. And if the dance is a good physical exercise as well, the benefits _.A. imply B. apply C. multiply D. reply4. It is logical to make the inference that an effect found in rats also _ human.A. apply for B. apply to C. applicable in D application to5. Regular exercise can improve the speed _ the brain processes information.A. in which B. with which C. with what D. for which6. Some scientists speculate the reduction in mental function often _ to getting old may really be a penalty of neglecting to stay physical active.A. contribute B. attributed C. distributed D. attributing7. Children who _ in regular physical activity do better in school than their inactive classmates.A. engage B. encourage C. engine D. enhance8. The brain of people who exercise may be better _ to tackle mental challenges.A. equipment B. equipped C. equivalent D. equivalence答案：1C 2B 3C 4B 5B 6B 7A 8BLesson 14 Taking Chances, Making Chances1 Lecture Hobbs sometimes tells about a woman who _ in London over a century ago.A. lives B. lived C. had lived D. has lived2. I _ onions and potatoes in my sisters boarding house.A. pale B. park C. peel D. peep3. _ her protests about being a poor writer, he made her promise to complete the assignment.A. By B. Against C. While D. Except4. The next day, as she sat down to peel onions, she _ the brick floor.A. gazed at B. good at C. looked out D. looked through 5. She spent every _ moment learning more.A. other B. spare C. span D. special6. _ was payment for her research.A. Enclosing B. Enclosed C. Encircled D. Enriched7. And _ the money came a new assignment.A, as long as B. as if C. only if D. along with8. For the first time in her life she could _ wait to get back to the kitchen.A. nearly B. almost C. hardly D. seldom9. Some were so small while _ were so large.A. another B. the other C. others D. no other10. She soon quit her job to _ wri