中石油职称英语考试大纲模拟试题一解读

1、模拟试题一1. vocabulary sectionadirections: there are 10 incomplete sentences in this section. for each sentence there are four choices marked a, b, c and d. choose the one answer that best completes the sentence and mark your answer on the answer sheet.1.1 could just see a car in the distance, but i cou

2、ldnt what color it was.a. make outb.look toc. look outd. take in2. he mumbled something and blushed as though a secret had beena. imposedb.exposedc. composedd. opposed3. you should these tables and buy new ones.a. throw offb.throw downc. throw upd. throw away4. their suggestions, we will discuss the

3、m fully at the next meeting.a. in regard forb.in regard toc. with regard of d. regardlessfor5. on cloudy nights it is not possible to see the stars with eye.a. nakedb.barec.fleshd. pure6. many new will be opened up in the future for those with a university education.a. opportunitiesb.necessitiesc. p

4、robabilitiesd. realities7.1 found myself completely by his vivid performance.a. carried outb.carried offc. carried awayd. carried on8. although the examination he had passed was unimportant, his success him in his later study.a. persuadedb. promised c. urgedd. encouraged9. this is the first time you

5、 have been late.a. under no circumstancesb.on no accountc. by no meansd.for no reason10. the taxi had to because the traffic light had turned red.a. set upb. catch upc. shut up d. pull upsection bdirections: there are 10 sentences in this section. below each sentence are four other words or phrases.

6、 you are to choose the one word or phrase which would best keeping the meaning of the original sentence if it were substituted for the underlined word or phrase. then mark your answer on the answer sheet.-1l the roof of the house was practically falling in and the front steps were rotting away.a. al

7、mostb. essentially c. alwaysd. conveniently12. the greatest physical distinction between humans and apes is the hollow space humans have under their chins.a. attractionb. danger c. comfortd. difference13. scientists are trying to develop computers that will simulate the human thought process.a. subs

8、tituteb. assumec. projectd. reflect14. tenants do not own their own apartments, they merely occupy the dwellings.a. intellectualsb. rentersc. colonizersd. contractors15. buddhist monks claim to detach their minds from their bodies.a. separateb. attachc. deliverd. detain16. we encountered the smiths

9、before leaving the parking lot.a. metb. sawc. helpedd. surprised17. mr. jones was taken in by that door to door salesmans mooth talk. he paid almost $900.00 for a vacuum cleaner.a. deceivedb. incitedc. implicatedd. saturated18. the chorale wanted to rehearse the song before the performance.a. singb.

10、 rewritec. introduced. practice19. prejudice towards minorities probable stems from fear of the unknown.a. angerb. biasc. ludenessd. action20. it is unwise to provoke strange animals.a. feedb. touchc. angerd. chaseii. grammatical structuresection adirections: there are 10 incomplete sentences in thi

11、s section. for each sentence there are four choices marked a, b, c and d. choose the one answer that best completes the sentence and mark your answer on the answer sheet.21. so frightened _ in darkness that she did not dare to move an inch.a. was the girl b. the girl was c. such a girl was d. that t

12、he girl was22. you may be right, i cant altogether agiee.a. asb. whilec. ifd. since23. imust have eaten something wrong. i feel like.i told you not to eat at a restaurant. youd betterat home.a. to throw up . to catb. throwing up . eatingc. to throw up . catd. throwing up. cat24. his response was tha

13、t he didnt say yes and he didnt say no.a. sob. whichc. whatd. such25. i have not found my book yet. im not sure i could have done with it.a. whetherb. whatc. whyd. where26. he is sure that there was a flying saucer over there. if he hadnt seen it himself, he it.a. never have believedb. never did bel

14、ievec. could never believed. would never have believed27.1 wish bill would drive us to the train station but he has to take us all.a. very small a carb.too small a carc. a too small card.such a small car28.the building for stolen goods, the police found twenty machine guns.a. searchingb.being search

15、ingc. searchedd.to search29. close the door, ?a. will youb. do you c. shall you d. dont you30. the storm, they had to live in a cave.a. has destroyed their hutb. to destroy their hutc. having destroyed their hutd. being destroyedsection bdirections: in questions 31-40 each sentence has four underlin

16、ed words or phrases, marked a t b, c, and d. choose the one word or phrase which is incorrect and must be changed to make the sentence correct. then mark your answer on the answer sheet.31. . industrial management is the aspect of business management that was most prominent in the ab cdunited states

17、 for the past eight years.32. members of a nations foreign service represent that countrys interests abroad and repo onab cthe conditions, trends, and policies of the country which they arc stationed.d33. a mortgage enables a person to buy property without paying for it outright; thus more people ab

18、care able to enjoy to own a house.d34. basal body temperature refers to the most lowest temperature of a healthy individual duringa bcdwaking hours.35. after much discussion, the negotiators decided not making an offer until they had looked overabcdthe contract.36. employment benefits are given new

19、employees have increased tremendously.abcd37. the board of directors are in the process of dissolving the company.abcd38. the doctor will be giving you a lot of information; if you have questions about them, let abcus know.d39. the officers of tiffany & company decided that they can establish a new

20、branch of their store ab cat paris, d40. the director suggested that you and me report our findings to the team directly. abcdiii. cloze testdirections: there are 10 blanks in the following passage. for each blank there are four choices marked a, b, c and d. you should choose the one that best fits

21、into the passage. then mark your answer on the answer sheet.if you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths and weaknesses. success or 41 in your work would depend, to a great extent, 42 your ability to use your strengths and weaknesses to the best advantage. o

22、f the utmost importance is your attitude. a person 43 begins a job convinced that lie isnt going to like it or is sure that he is going to ail is exhibiting a weakness which can only hinder his success. on the other hand, a person who is secure 44 his belief that he is probably as capable of doing t

23、he work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerful attempt by it possesses a certain strength of purpose. the chances are that he will do well.45 the prerequisite skills for a particular job is strength. lacking those skills is obviously a weakness. a book keeper who cant add or a carpente

24、r who cant cut a straight line with a saw is hopeless cases.this book has been designed to help you capitalize 46 the strength and overcome the 47 that you bring to the job of learning. but in group to measure your development, you must first take stock of where you stand now. 48 we get further alon

25、g in the book, well be dealing in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening 49 skills. however, to begin with, you should pause to examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failure in school: your 50 , your reading an

26、d communication skills, and your study habits.41. a. improvementb. victoryc. failured. achievement42. a. inb. onc. ofd. to43. a. whob. whatc. thatd. which44. a. ontob. onc. offd. in45. a. haveb. hadc. havingd. had been46. a. exceptb. butc. ford. on47. a. ideab. weaknessc. strengthd. advantage48. a.

27、asb. tillc. overd. out49. a. learntb. learnedc. learningd. learn50. a. intelligenceb. workc. attituded. weaknessiv. reading comprehension section adirections: there are 4 passages in this section. each passage is followed by 4 questions or unfinished statements. for each of them there are four choic

28、es marked a, b, c and d. you should decide on the best choice and mark your answer on the answer sheet.questions 51 to 54 are based on the following passage:in the past. american families tended to be quite large. parents raising five or more children were common. over the years, the size of the fam

29、ily has decreased. one reason for this is an increase in the cost of living. ou the average, children attend schools for more years than they used to, making them financially dependent on their families longer. moreover, children nowadays are better dressed and have more money to spend on entertainm

30、ent. the parents usually take the responsibility for all the expenses. meanwhile, families are less close than they used to be. more and more american mothers work away from home. the break up of the family occurs when the parents divorce, a lot of children in the u. s. live part of their young live

31、s with only one parent. broken families usually result in problems for children and parents alike. children blame themselves when their parents separate. they grow up feeling unsettled as they are moved back and forth between parents. usually one parent is responsible for raising the children. these

32、 single parents must care for the childrens emotional and psychological needs while also supporting them financially. this is very demanding and leaves very little time for the parents own personal interests. single parents often marry other single parents. in this type of family, unrelated children

33、 are forced to develop brother or sister relationship. the situations of many american families today are not good. however, recent signs indicate that things are getting better. the divorce rate is declining. the rate of childbirth is rising. perhaps americans have learned how important families ar

34、e.51. to parents who take the responsibility for childrens expenses, the cost of living increases becausea. children attend school for more yearsb. children are better dressedc. children spend more money on entertainmentd. all of the above52. what problems would broken families bring to both childre

35、n and parents?a. children grow up feeling unsettled and parents didnt pay much attention to children.b. children grow up feeling free and one parent is responsible for raising the children.c. children are moved back and forth between parents and the single parent is busy working to make money to sup

36、port himself/herself.d. children grow up feeling unsettled, and the parents have little time for his/her own interests because one parent is too busy taking care of children.53. according to the author, the situations of american families in the future may 一 a. become worseb. remain the samec. get b

37、etterd. keep unchanged54. the title of the article might be 一a. american children b. american familiesc. american motherd. american parentsquestions 55 to 58 are based on the following passage:when i was studying at yale, some phenomena puzzled me greatly. i found that chinese students or asian stud

38、ents were very polite in class while american students often interrupted the professor, asking questions and dominating the discussion. the chinese students were not as aggressive as american students.i was impressed by the role of the professor in the seminar （讨 论会）.the professor didn*t act as an a

39、uthority, giving final conclusions, but as a researcher looking for answers to questions together with the students. one linguistic （语言的）feature of his interacting with his students was that he used many modal （情态的）verbs-far more than i did in beiwai. when answering questions, he usually said, this

40、is my personal opinion and it could be wrong.h or hyou could be right, but you might find this point of view also interesting.n in china, authorities are always supposed to give wise decisions and correct directions. therefore, students always expect the professor to give an answer to the question,

41、i still remember how frustrated they were when foreign teachers did not provide such an answer. their expectations from authorities are much higher than that of american students. once the chinese students got the answer, they were sure about it.education in china is valued for united thinking. i re

42、member american teachers who taught in our university complaining about the fact that chinese students uniformly expressed the same idea in their english composition. the examinations in america usually do not test a students ability to memorize the material but his ability to analyze and solve prob

43、lems. education in america is valued not only as a means to obtain employment but as a process of enhancing critical thinking.55. in the usa, when the students are in class,a. a chinese student tends to be very activeb. an american student likes to make troublec. a chinese student likes to puzzle th

44、e teacherd. an american student tends to be vigorous56. a teacher in the usa prefers to _ when he answers questions.a. be very sincere b. be very directc. be very self-confident d. be very indifferent57. what is the opinion of the author concerning the difference of teaching methods between china an

45、d the usa?a. he thinks that chinese teaching methods can make students learn more.b. he holds that the major purpose of chinese teaching methods is to improve students* remembrance.c. he thinks that american teaching is ability oriented.d. he holds that american teachers hate to give a test.58. the

46、author thinks that the relationship between the student and the teacher is 一a. more intimate in china b. closer in chinac. looser in usa d. more harmonious in usaquestions 59 to 62 are based on the following passage:with a tremendous roar from its rocket engine, the satellite is sent up into the sky

47、. minutes later, at an altitude of 300 miles, this tiny electronic moon begins to orbit about the earth. its radio begins to transmit an astonishing amount of information about the satellites orbital path, the amount of radiation it detects, and the presence of meteorites. information of all kinds r

48、aces back to the earth. no human being could possibly copy down all these facts, much less remember and organize them. but an electronic computer can. the marvel of the machine age, the electronic computer has been in use only since 1946. it can do simple computations-add, subtract, multiply and div

49、ide-with lighting speed and perfect accuracy. some computers can work 500.000 times faster than any person can.once it is given a program” - that is, a carefully worked out set of instructions devised by a technician trained in computer language - a computer can gather a wide range of information fo

50、r many purposes. for the scientist it can get information from outer space or from the depth of the ocean. in business and industry the computer prepares factory inventories, keeps track of sales trends and production needs, mails dividend checks, and makes out company payrolls. it can keep bank acc

51、ounts up to date and make out electric bills. if you are planning a trip by plane, the computer will find out what to take and what space is available.not only can the computer gather facts, it can also store them as fast as they are gathered and can pour them out whenever they are needed. the compu

52、ter is really a high powered memory” machine that hhas all the answersor almost all. besides gathering and storing information, the computer can also solve complicated problems that once took months for people to do. at times computers seem almost human. they can read hand printed letters, play ches

53、s, compose music, write plays and even design other computers. is it any wonder that they are sometimes called hthinkingh machines?even though they are taking over some of the tasks that were once accomplished by our own brains, computers are not replacing us at least not yet. our brain has more tha

54、n 10 million cells. a computer has only a few hundred thousand parts. for some time to come, then, we can safely say that our brains are at least 10, 000 times more complex than a computer. how we use them is for us, not the computer, to decide.59. hprogramh means 一a. a plan of what is to be doneb.

55、a complete show on a tv station at a fixed time tablec. a scheduled performanced. series of coded instructions to control the operations of a computer 60. the computer is a high powered nmemorym machine, which 一e. has all the ready answers - or almost all to any questionsf. can remember everythingg.

56、 can store everything and work for youh. has all the answers - or almost to all the information that has been stored61 .thinking” machines suggest that 一a. they can read hand printed letters etcb. they really can think and do many other jobsc. they even design other computersd. they cant think, but

57、can do something under human control 62. can computers do whatever they want to do? why?a. yes, because some computers can work 500.000 times faster than any person can.b. no, because they normally have a few hundred thousand parts.c. no, because human brains are at least 10000 times more complex th

58、an any computers.d. no, because how a computer works is decided by human.questions 63 to 66 are based on the following passage:within fifteen years britain and other nations should be well on with the building of huge industrial complexes for the recycling of waste. the word rubbish could lose its meaning because everything that goes into the dum