全国职称英语理工类考试真题及答案详解doc

2009年度全国职称英语等级考试理工类（C级）真题及答案第1部分：词汇选项（第1～15题，每题1分，共15分）

下面每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，请为每处划线部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。

1I'dverymuchliketoknowwhatyouraiminlifeis.

Athought

B

idea

Cgoal

D

plan

2Thepolicemenactedquicklybecauseliveswereatstake

Aindanger

B

indifficulty

Cindespair

D

outofcontrol

3Practicallyallanimalscommunicateeitherthroughsoundsorthroughsoundlesscodes.

A

Certainly

BProbably

C

Almost

DAbsolutely

4MaryrarelyspeakstoSusan.

Aslowly

B

seldom

Cweakly

D

constantly

5I'mworkingwithaguyfromLondon

Ateacher

B

student

Cfriend

D

man

6You'dbetterputthesedocumentsinasafeplace

Adark

B

secure

Cguarded

D

banned

7Thecourageousboyhasbeenthesubjectofmassivemediacoverage.

Aextensive

B

continuous

Cinstant

D

quick

8Thetownisfamousforitsmagnificentbuildings

Ahigh-rise

B

modern

Cancient

D

splendid

9Thegreatchangeofthecityastonishedallthevisitors.

Asurprised

B

scared

Cexcited

D

moved

10Jackpackedupallthethingshehadaccumulatedoverthelasttenyears.

Afuture

B

far

Cpast

D

near

11Wouldyoupleasecallmyhusbandassoonaspossible？

Avisit

B

phone

Cconsult

D

invite

12Wehadalongconversationaboutherparents

Aspeech

B

question

Ctalk

D

debate

13Thechairmanproposedthatwestopthemeeting.

Astated

B

announced

Cdemanded

D

suggested

14Obviouslythesepeoplecanbereliedoninacrisis.

Alivedon

B

dependedon

Cbelievedin

D

joinedin

15ThereisalwaysexcitementattheOlympicGameswhenanathletebreaksarecord

Abeats

B

maintains

Cmatches

D

tries

第2部分：阅读判断（第16～22题，每题1分，共7分）

下面的短文后列出了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，请选择A；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择C.

RadiocarbonDating

Nowadaysscientistscananswermanyquestionsaboutthepastthroughatechniquecalledradiocarbon（放射性碳），orcarbon-14，dating.Onekeytounderstandinghowandbysomethinghappenedistodiscoverwhenithappened.

Radiocarbondatingwasdevelopedinthelate1940sbyphysicistWillardF.LibbyatheUniversityofChicago.Anatomofordinarycarbon，calledcarbon-12，hassixprotons（中子）andsixneutrons（质子）initsnucleus.Carbon-14，orC-14，isaradioactive，unstableformofcarbonthathastwoextraneutrons（原子核）。Itreturnstoamorestableformofcarbonthroughaprocesscalleddecay（衰减）。Thisprocessinvolvesthelossofheextraneutronsandenergyfromthenucleus.

InLibby'sradiocarbondatingtechnique，theweakradioactiveemissions（放射）fromhisdecayprocessarecountedbyinstrumentssuchasaradiationdetectorandcounter.HedecayrateisusedtodeterminetheproportionofC-14atomsinthesamplebeingdated.

Carbon-14isproducedintheEarth'satmospherewhennitrogen（氮）-14，orN-14，

interactswithcosmicrays（宇宙射线）。ScientistsbelievesincetheEarthwasformed，themountofnitrogenintheatmospherehasremainedconstant.Consequently，C-14formationisthoughttooccurataconstantrate.NowtheratioofC-14toothercarbontomsintheatmosphereisknown.Mostscientistsagreethatthisratioisusefulfordatingitemsbacktoatleast50，000years.

AlllifeonEarthismadeoforganicmolecules（分子）thatcontaincarbonatomscomingfromtheatmosphere.SoalllivingthingshaveaboutthesameratioofC-14

atomstoothercarbonatomsintheirtissues（组织）。Onceanorganism（有机体）diesittopstakingincarboninanyform，andtheC-14alreadypresentbeginstodecay.OvertimetheamountofC-14inthematerialdecreases，andtheratioofC-14toothercarbontomsgoesdown.Intermsofradiocarbondating，thefewerC-14atomsinasample，theolderthatsampleis.

16Nowadaysmanyscientistsdependonradiocarbonfordatingage-oldobjects

A

Right

BWrong

C

Notmentioned

17Theradiocarbondatingtechniqueisonlyabout40yearsold

A

Right

BWrong

C

Notmentioned

18Anatomofordinarycarbonhassixprotonsandeightneutrons

A

Right

BWrong

C

Notmentioned

19Radarisusedtodeterminethecharacteristicsofradiocarbon.

A

Right

BWrong

C

Notmentioned

20Radiocarbonisreliableindatinganobjectbacktoatleast50，000years.

A

Right

BWrong

C

Notmentioned

21Whenanorganismdies，theC-14initbeginstodecay.

A

Right

BWrong

C

Notmentioned

22Thehalf-lifeofC-14isabout25，000years.

A

Right

BWrong

C

Notmentioned

第3部分：概括大意与完成句子（第23～30题，每题1分，共8分）

下面的短文后有2项测试任务：（1）第23～26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第1～4段每段1选择个最佳标题；（2）第27～30题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个确定1个最佳选项。

MeetYourMemory

1Memoryissomethingthatcannotbeseen，touchedorweighed.Itisthoughttobeabstract.Itisasetofskillsratherthananobject.Neitheristhereasinglestandardforjudgingagoodorpoormemory.Thereareanumberofdifferentwaysinwhichapersonmayhavea'good'memory.

2Memoryisgenerallyviewedasconsistingofthreestages：（1）acquisitionreferstolearningthematerial；（2）storagereferstokeepingthematerialinthebrainuntilitisneeded；and（3）retrieval（提取）referstogettingthematerialbackoutwhenitisneeded.

3Memoryconsistsofatleasttwodifferentprocesses：short-termmemoryandlong-termmemory.Short-termmemoryhasalimitedcapacityandarapidforgettingrate.Itscapacitycanbeincreasedbychunking（组成大块），orgroupingseparatebitsofinformationintolargerchunks.Long-termmemoryhasanalmostunlimitedcapacity.

4Onemeasureofmemoryisrecall，whichrequiresyoutoproduceinformationbysearchingthememoryforit.Inaidedrecall，youaregivencues（提示）tohelpyouproducetheinformation.Infree-recalllearningyourecallthematerialinanyorder；inseriallearningyourecallitintheorderitwaspresented；andinpaired-associatelearningyoulearnpairsofwordssothatwhenthefirstwordisgivenyoucanrecallthesecondword.Asecondmeasureofmemoryisrecognition，inwhichyoudonothavetoproducetheinformationfrommemory，butmustbeabletoidentifyitwhenitispresentedtoyou.Inathirdmeasureofmemory，relearning，thedifferencebetweenhowlongittooktolearnthematerialthefirsttimeandhowlongittakestolearnitagainindicateshowmuchyouremember.Relearningisgenerallyamoresensitivemeasureofmemorythanisrecognitionbecauserelearningshowsretention（保持）whilerecognitiondoesnot.Recognitionisgenerallyamoresensitivemeasurethanrecall.

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24Paragraph2

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26Paragraph4

AWhydoweforgetthings？

BHowdowemeasurememory？

CWhatarethestagesmemoryconsistsof？

DWhatisthedifferencebetweenshort-termmemoryandlong-termmemory？

EWhatismemory？

FWhomayhaveapoormemory？

27Rememberinginvolvesgettingthematerialbackoutwhenitis

28Groupingbitsofinformationintolargerchunkshelpsimprovethecapacityof

our

29Long-termmemoryhasanalmostunlimitedcapacityanda

30Asameasureofmemory，relearningismoresensitivethan

Ashort-termmemory

Brelearning

Cneeded

Dcoded

Erecognition

Fslowforgettingrate

第4部分：阅读理解（第31～45题，每题3分，共45分）

下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。

第一篇

LightNight，DarkStars

Thousandsofpeoplearoundtheglobestepoutsidetogazeattheirnightsky.Onaclearnight，withnoclouds，moonlight，orartificiallightstoblocktheview，peoplecanseemorethan14，000starsinthesky，saysDennisWard，anastronomer（天文学家）withtheUniversityCorporationforAtmosphericResearch（UCAR）inBoulder，Colo.Butwhenpeoplearesurroundedbycitylights，hesays，they'reluckytosee150stars.

Ifyou'veeverdriventowardabigcityatnightandseenitsglowfromagreatdistance，you'vewitnessedlightpollution.Itoccurswhenlightfromstreetlights，office（照亮）thenightbuildings，signs，andothersourcesstreamsintospaceandilluminates~sky.Thishaze（朦胧）oflightmakesmanystarsinvisibletopeopleonEarth.Evenatnight，bigcitieslikeNewYorkglowfromlightpollution，makingstargazingdifficult.

Dustandparticlesofpollutionfromfactoriesandindustriesworsentheeffectsoflightpollution.“Ifonecityhasalotmorelightpollutionthananother，”Wardsays，“thatcitywillsuffertheeffectsoflightpollutiononamuchgreaterscale.”

Hazyskiesalsomakeitfarmoredifficultforastronomerstodotheirjobs.

Citiesaregettinglarger.Suburbsaregrowinginoncedark，ruralareas.Lightfromallthisnewdevelopmentisincreasinglyobscuring（使变模糊）thefaint（微弱的）lightgivenoffbydistantstars.Andifscientistscan'tlocatetheseobjects，theycan'tlearnmoreaboutthem.

Lightpollutiondoesn'tonlyaffectstarvisibility.Itcanharmwildlifetoo.It'sclearthatartificiallightcanattractanimals，makingthemgooffcourse.There'sincreasingevidence，forexample，thatmigrating（迁徙）birdsusesunsetsandsunrisestohelpfindtheirway，saysSydneyGauthreauxJr.，ascientistatClemsonUniversityinSouthCarolina.“Whenlightoccursatnight，”hesays，“ithasaverydisruptive（破坏性的）influence.”Sometimesbirdsflyintolightedtowers，high-rises，andcablesfromradioandtelevisiontowers.Expertsestimatethatmillionsofbirdsdiethiswayeveryyear.

31Onaclearnight，peoplecansee

A150stars.

Bhundredsofstars.

Conethousandstars.

Dmorethan14，000stars.

32Lightpollutionoccurswhen

Aartificiallightsilluminatethenightsky.

Bthemoonlightsupthenightsky.

Ctoomanystarsarevisibleinthenightsky

Dstreetlightsareturnedoff.

33Nowadaysevensuburbsarebecomingunsuitableforscientiststodotheirjobsbecause

Athenightskythereistoodark.

Btheoncedarkareasarealsopollutedbylights.

Ctheseareasarenotpollutedbychemicals.

Dtheseareasarelessdeveloped.

34Howdoeslightpollutionaffectwildlife？

AAnimalsmaygooffcourse.

BIthelpsmigratingbirdsfindtheirhomes.

CAnimalsareafraidtogooutaftersunset.

DIthelpsbirdsfallasleep.

35Thetitle“LightNight，DarkStars”means

Athenightskyisbrightlylitupandstarsareblack.

Blightsappearatnightandstarsareseeninthedark.

Ccitylightsatnightilluminatestarsinthesky.

Dcitylightsilluminatethenightsky，makingstarsinvisible

第二篇

ShoppingatSecond-handClothingStores

When33-year-oldPeteBarthwasincollege，shoppingatsecond-handclothingstoreswasjustsomethinghedid-“likechangingthetiresonhiscar.”Helookedathisbudget，anddecidedhecouldsavealotofmoneybyshoppingforclothesatthriftshops.

“Evennewclothesarefairlydisposable（用后即丢掉的）andwearoutafteracoupleofyears，”Barthsaid.“Inthriftshops，youcanfindsomegreatstuffwhosequalityisbetterthannewclothes.”

Sincethen，Barth，whoworksataGoodwillthriftshopintheUSstateofFlorida，hasfoundthatthereareallkindsofreasonsforshoppingforsecond-handclothing.Somepeoplelikehim，shoptosavemoney.Someshopforacrazy-lookingshirt.Andsomehopasameansofconservingenergyandhelpingtheenvironment.

PatAkins，anaccountantataFloridaSalvationArmy（SA）（救世军）thriftshop，saidhat，forher，shoppingatthriftshopsisawaytohelptheenvironment.

“Whenmydaughterwaslittle，welookedatitasrecycling，”Akinssaid.“Also，whyay30dollarsforanewcoatwhenyoucangetanotheroneforalotless？”

AkinssaidthattheSAhasshopsallovertheUS-“someasbigasdepartmentstores.”Alloftheclothesaredonated（捐赠），andwhentheyhaveasurplus（盈余），they'llhave“stuffabag”specials，wherecustomerscanfillagrocerysackwithclothesforonly

or10dollars.

JuliaSlocum，22，pointsout，however，thatthehugeamountofsecond-handclothingintheUSistheresultofAmericanwastefulness.

I'dsaythatsecond-handstoresaretheresultofourwasteful，materialisticculture，“saidSlocum，whoworksforapro-conservationorganization，theCenterforaNewAmericanDream.”Thriftshopspreventthatwastefromgoingtolandfills（垃圾填埋场）；theygiveclothingasecondlife，providecheaperclothingforthosewhocan'taffordtobuynewonesandgenerate（生成）incomeforcharities.Theyalsoprovideawayforthewealthyandmiddleclassestoshed（摆脱）someoftheguiltfortheirlevelofconsumption.“

36WhichstatementaboutBarthisNOTtrue？

A

Heis33yearsoldnow.

B

HeworksataGoodwillthriftshop.

C

HeworksataSalvationArmythriftshop.

D

HHewassacoollegeestuddentmmanyyyearsago

37WWhenBBarthwasaacolllegesstudennt，heooftenshopppedattthriiftshhops

Atoosaveemoneey.

Btoosaveeenerrgy.

Ctoohelpptheenvirronmennt.

Dtoomakeefrieendswwithppoorppeoplee.

38WWhatddoesAAkinsdo？

A

SSheissasooldierr.

B

SSheissanaaccounntant..

C

SSheissasaaleswooman

D

SSheissarooadswweeperr.

39TThrifttshoppscanndoeeverytthingEXCEPPT

Agiivecllothinngasseconddlifee.

Bgeeneratteincomeforccharitties.

Cprrovideecheaapercclotheesforrthepoor..

Dsttopriichpeeoplefromwastiingmooney

40TThewoord“thrifft”inpparagrraph11coulldbebestreplaacedbby

Achharityy.

Bonnedolllar.

Cfiirstcclass..

Dtwwodolllars..

第三篇

Wateer

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Theearthh'ssuupplyofwaaterpprobabblyreemainssfairrlycoonstanntinquanttity.Thettotalquanttityoofwatterissnotknownnveryyaccuuratelly，butitissabouutenooughttocovverthhesurrfaceofthhegloobetooadeepthoofaboouttwwoanddthreee-quaarterkilommeterss.Mosstofitissintthefoormoffthesaltwaterrofttheocceans-aboout977percent..Therestisfrresh，butthreee-quarrtersofthhisissintthefoormofficeatthhePollesanndonmounttains，andcannootbeusedbyliivingsysteemsunntilmmeltedd.Oftherremainningffractiionalwhichhisssomewhhatleessthhanonneperrcenttoftthewhhole，therreis10—20tiimesaasmucchstooreduunderggrounddwateerasthereeisaactualllyonnthesurfaace.TThereisallsoatiny，butextreemelyimporrtantfracttionooftheewateersuppplywwhichisprresenttaswwatervaporrinttheattmosphhere.

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circculatiion（循环）oftthebiiospheerehaastopass..Wateerevaaporatted（蒸发）frommthesurfaaceofftheoceanns，frommlakeesanddriveersanndfroommoiist（潮湿的）eartthisaddeddtoiit.Frromittthewaterrcomeesouttagaiinasrainorsnnow，falllingooneittherttheseeaorthelland.Thereeis，asmmightbeexxpecteed，amooreinntensiiveevvaporaationperuunitaareaooverttheseeaanddoceaansthhanovverthhelannd，butthereeismmorerrainfaallovverthhelanndthaanoveertheeoceaans，andthebbalancceisrestooredbbytheerunoofffrromthhelanndinthefformoofrivvers.

41LLiquiddwateeronllyexiists

Ainnthecenteeroftheeearth..

Bonnthesurfaaceoffourplaneet.

Cinnaveerynaarrowrangeeofttemperraturees

Dinnthecoasttalarreasooftheeeartth.

42TThetootalqquantiityoffwateeronEarthh

Areemainssalmoostunnchangged.

Bhaasgreeatlyincreeasedinreecentyearss

Cissdecrreasinngconnstanttly.

Dissaffeectedbygllobalwarmiing.

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Aissstorredunndergrround..

BissintthefoormofficeatthhePollesanndonmounttains

Cissfounndinriverrsanddlakees.

Dcoomesffromttheraain.

44TThewoord“fracttion”inttheseecondparaggraphmeanss

Aaverysmalllamouunt.

Balargeeareaa.

Cannimpoortanttsysttem.

Damajorrsourrceoffinfoormatiion.

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Bovverthherivverstthanoovertthemoountaiins.

Covverthheoceeanstthanoovertthelaand.

Dovverthhelanndthaanoveertheeoceaans

第5部分分：补全短文文（第46～50题，每题2分，共10分）

下面的短短文有5处空白，短短文后有6个句子，其其中5个取自短文文，请根据短短文内容将其其分别放回原原有位置，以以恢复文章原原貌。

ABaadIdeea

Thinnkyouucanwalk，drivve，takeephonnecallls，e-maailanndlisstenttomussicattthesametime？Well，NewYork''snewwlawsaysyouccan't..（46）Thelawwwentiintofforcelastmonthh，folllowinggreseearchandaashocckingnumbeerofacciddentsthatinvollvedppeopleeusinngeleectronnicgaadgetss（小巧机械械）whenncrosssingthesstreett.

Who''stoblamee？（47）“Wearreundderthheimppressiionthhatouurbraaincaandomorethanitofftenccan，”sayssReneeMaroois，aneeurosccientiist（神经科学学家）inTTennesssee.“Butaacoreelimiitatioonistheiinabillityttoconncentrrateoontwoothinngsattoncee.”

Theyounggpeopplearreofttencoonsideeredtthegrreatmmultittaskerrs.（48），Agrroupoof18--to221-yeaar-olddsanddagrroupoof35--to339-yeaar-olddswerregivven900secoondsttotraanslatteimaagesiintonnumberrs，usinngassimpleecodee.（49）Butwhenbothgrouppswerreintterrupptedbbyapphonecalloranninsttantmmessagge，theolderrgrouupmattchedtheyyoungeergrooupinnspeeedanddaccuuracy..

Itiisdiffficullttomeasuurethheprooductiivitylostbymuultitaaskerss.Buttitiisproobablyyaloot.JoonathaanSpiira，chieefanaalystatBaasex，abuusinesss-ressearchhfirmm，estiimatessthecostofinnterruuptionnstotheAAmericcanecconomyyatnnearlyy$6500billlionaayearr.（50）Thessurveyysconncludeethatt28ppercenntofthewworkerrs'tiimewaasspeentonninteerrupttionsandrrecoveerytiimebeeforetheyreturrnedttotheeirmaaintaasks.

ATaalkinggonaacelllphoneewhilledriivingbringgsyouujoyanywaay

BThheesttimateeisbbasedonsuurveysswithhoffiicewoorkerss

CThheyouungergrouppdid10peercenttbettterwhhennootintterruppted

DHooweverr，anOOxforddUnivversittyressearchhsugggeststhisperceeptionnisoopenttoqueestionn.

ESccientiistsssaythhatouurmulltitassking（多任务处处理）abillitiessarelimitted

FAnndyouu'llbbefinned$1100iffyoudosooonaaNewYorkCitystreeet

第6部分分：完形填空空（第51～55题，每题1分，共15分）

下面的短短文有15处空白，请请根据短文内内容为每处空空白确定一个个最佳选项。

OneGoodReasoontoLetSSmallppoxLiive

It'ssnowafaiirbettthattwewwillnneverseetthetootaleextincction（灭绝）oftthesmmallpoox（天花）viruus.Whhensmmallpooxwasscomppletellygottridofinntheworldd，scieentisttswanntedtto（51）thekilleervirrusinnthelasttwollabs--oneinthheUSandooneinnRusssia.TTheyaasked：Ifssmallppoxhaastruulygoonefrromthheplaanet，（52）poinntwasstherreinkkeepinngtheesereeservees？

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have（54）vialls（小药瓶）。Andthellast“officcial”stoccksoffliveeviruusbreedmisstrusttofttheUSSandRussiia，（55）