2004职称英语考试理工类(B级)试题及题解

2004年职称英语考试理工类(B级)试题及题解第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．Haveyoutalkedtoherlately?

A．lastly

B．finally

C．shortly

D．recently2．While

we

don’t

agree，we

continue

to

befriends

A．whoever

B．where

C．Although

D．Whatever

3．Enormoussumsofmoneyhavebeenspentonspaceexploration．

A．Much

B．Large

C．Small

D．Fixedt

4．About

one

million

Americans

are

diagnosed

annually

with

skin

cancer．

A．every

year

B．severely

C．actively

D．every

month

5．The

policeman

wrote

down

all

the

particulars

of

the

accident

A．secrets

B．details

C．benefits

D．words

6．Wewilltakeyourrecentillnessintoconsiderationwhenmarkingyourexams

A．effect

B．account

C．effort

D．discount

7．Therearealimitednumberofbooksonthissubjectinthelibrary．

A．small

B．total

C．good

D．great

8．The

chairman

proposed

that

we

should

stop

the

meeting.

A．showed

B．suggested

C．agreed

D．believed

9．Mary

has

blended

the

ingredients.

A．made

B．mixed

C．cooked

D．eaten

10．They

agreed

to

modify

their

policy．

A．clarify

B．define

C．change

D．develop

11．Thedentisthasdecidedtoextractherbadtooth．

A．takeout

B．breakoff

C．pushin

D．digup

12．TheeconomycontinuedtoexhibitsignsofdeclineinSeptember．

A．play

B．show

C．send

D．tell

13．Thistableisstronganddurable．

A．long-lasting

B．extensive

C．far-reaching

D．eternal

14．Heenduredgreatpainbeforehefinallyexpired．

A．fired

B．resigned

C．died

D．retreated19Powersupplysystemwasnotdamagedduringthestoma

ARight

BWrong

CNotmentioned

20TherehadnotbeensuchaseverestorminTrumbullCountyforahundredyears

ARight

BWrong

CNotmentioned

21Rescuevehicleshadahardtimegettingtopeople．

ARight

BWrong

CNotmentioned

22Severalpeopleweremissingduringthestorm．

ARight

BWrong

CNotmentioned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2～5段每段1选择个最佳标题；（2）第27～30题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定1个最佳选项。

Ford

1Ford’sgreatstrengthwasthemanufacturing.ringprocess-notinvention．Longbeforehestartedacarcompany，hewasaworker,knownforpickinguppiecesofmetalandwireandturningthemintomachines．Hestartedputtingcarstogetherin1891.A1thoughitwasbynomeansthefirstpopularautomobile，theModelTshowedtheworldusehowcreativeFordwasatcombiningtechnologyandmarket．

2Thecompany‘sassemblylinealonethrewAmerica’sIndustrialRevolutionintooverdrive(高速运转)．InsteadofhavingworkersputtogethertheentireCar，Ford’sfriends，whoweregreattoolmakersfromScotland，organizedteamsthataddedpartstoeachModelTasitmoveddownaline．BythetimeF0rd’sHighlandParkplantwashumming(嗡嗡作响)alongin1914，theworld’sfirstautomaticconveyorbeltcouldturnoutacarevery93minutes．

3

ThesameyearHenryFordshockedtheworldwiththe$5.a．dayminimumWagescheme．thegreatestcontributionhehadevermade．Theaveragewageintheautoindustrythenwas$2.34fora9.hourshift．Fordnotonlydoubledthat．healsotookanhourofftheworkday．InthoseyearsitwasunthinkablethatamancouldbePaidthatmuchfordoingsomethingthatdidn’tinvolveanawfullotoftrainingoreducation．ThewallStreetJournalcalledtheplan“alleconomiccrime”．andcriticseverywhere1aughedatFord．

4

Butasthewageincreasedlatertodaily$i0，itprovedacriticalcomponentofFord’sdreamtomaketheautomobileaccessible(可及的)toa11.ThecriticsweretoostupidtounderstandthatbecauseF0rdhad10weredhiscostspercar,thehigherwagesdidn’tmatter--exceptformakingitpossibleformorepeopletobuyCars．

23．Paragraph1_________．

24．Paragraph2_________．

25．Paragraph3_________．

26．Paragraph4_________．

A．Ford’sFollowers

B．TheAssemblyLine

C．Ford’sGreatDream

D．TheEstablishmentoftheCompany

E．Ford’sBiggestContribution

F．Ford’8GreatTalent

27．Theassemblylinemadeitpossibleto_________．

28．Fordwasthefirsttoadopt_________．

29．Higherwagesenabledmanypeopleto_________．

30．Ford’shigher—wageandlower—coststrategywasstrongly_________．

A．criticizedbythemedia

B．theIOWwageintheautoindustry

C．ownacar

D．producecarsInLargenumbers

E．the8-hour-shiftpractice

F．combinedtechnologyandmarket第4部分：阅读理解（第31～45题，每题3分，共45分）下面有3篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题定1个最佳选项。

U．S．BlacksHard·hitbyCancer

DeathratesforcancerarefallingforallAmericans．butblackAmericansarestillmorelikelytodieofcancerthanwhites，theAmericanCancerSocietysaidMonday．

Inaspecialreportoncancerandblacks，theorganizationsaidblacksareusuallydiagnosedwithcancerlaterthanwhites，andtheyaremorelikelytodieofthedisease．

Thiscouldbebecauseofunequal(不平等的)accesstomedicalCare。Becauseblacksaremorelikelytohaveotherdiseasesaswell，andperhapsbecauseofdifferencesinthebiology(生物学)ofthecancanceritself,thereportadded．

“Ingeneral，blackAmericanshavelesshopeofsurvivingfiveyearsafterdiagnosisthail

whitesforallcancersitesandallstagesofdiagnosis．”thereportsaid．

“IndescribingcancerstatisticsforblackAmericans，thisreportrecognizesthatmanyofthedifferencesassociatedwithracemaybecausedbyunfairsocialandeconomicdifferencesandunequalaccesstomedicalcare．”

Thecancersocietysaidblacksshouldbeencouragedtogetcheck-ups(体格检查)earlier,Whencancerismoretreatable．anditsaidmoreresearchisneededtoseeifbiologicaldifferencesplayarole．

“Thenewstatisticsemphasizethecontinuingimportanceofwipingouttheseunfairsocialdifferencesthroughpublicpolicyandeducationefforts，”theorganizationsaidinastatement．

Butitalsonoteda出opincancerdeathrates．

“CancerdeathratesinbothsexesforallsitescombinedhavedroppedgreatlyamongblackAmericanssince1992，ashaveincidencerates(发生率),”saidthereport．

31．BlackAmericansarcmorelikelytodieofcancerthan

A．peopleinothercountries．

B．whiteAmericans．

C．allotherAmericans．

D．theirancestors．

32．WhichmayNOTbeareasonforhighercancerdeathratesamongUSblacks?

A．UnequalaccesstomedicalCare．

B．Greaterprobabilityofhavingotherdiseases．

C．Differencesinthebiologyofthecancer．

D．Earlydiagnosis．

33．Cancerismoretreatableifitis．detected

A．inanearlystage．

B．inalatestage．

C．a110fasudden．

D．togetherwithotherdiseases．

34．Publicpolicyandeducationeffortsmayhelptodoawaywith

A．deathrates．

B．variouscancers．

C．unfairsocialdifferences．

D．biologicaldifferences．

35．Since1992，cancerdeathratesamongblackAmericans

A．havebeengoingupanddown．

B．haveremainedstable．

C．haveincreased．

D．havefallenCrystalEar

Onedayafriendaskedmy．wifeJillifIwantedahearingaid．“Hecertainlydoes．”repliedJill．Afterhearingaboutaremarkablenewproduct．JillfinallygotupthenervetoaskmeifI'deverthoughtaboutgettingahearingaid．“Noway,”Isaid．“Itwouldmakemelook20yearsolder．”“No，no．”shereplied．”Thisisentirelydifferent．It’sCrystalEar!”

Jillwasright．CrystalEarisdifferent—nottheold.Styledbodywornover-theearaid，butalladvancedpersonalsoundsystemsosmallthatit’slikecontacts(隐形眼镜)foryourears．AndCrystalEarissuper-sensitiveandpowerful．too．Youwillhearsoundsyourearshavebeenmissingforyears．CrystalEarwillmakespeech10uder,andthesoundispureaddnatural．

Icouldn’tbelievehowtinyitis．Itissmallerthanthetipofmylittlefingerandit’salmostinvisibleWhenworn．Therearenowires。nobehind—the．eardevice．Putitinyourearanditsready—to-wearmold(形状)fitscomfortably．Sinceit’snottooloudortootight，youmayevenforgetthatyou’rewearingit!Useitatworkoratplay．Andifyourhearingproblemisworseincertainsituations，useCrystalEaronlywhenyouneedit．

Hearingloss，whichOccurstypicallypriortoteenageyears，progressesthroughoutone’slifetime．A1thoughhearinglossisnowtheworld’snumberonehealthproblem，nearly90percentofpeoplesufferinghearing10SSchoosetoleavetheproblemuntreated．Formanymillions，treatinghearing10SSinaconventionalwaycaninvolvenumerousofficevisits，expensivetestingandadjustmentstofityourear．ThankstoCrystalEar，the“soundsolution”isnowconvenient．

Almost90percentofpeoplewithmildhearingloss，andmillionsmorewithjustalittlehearingdrop-off(下降)，canbedramaticallyhelpedwithCrystalEar．Moreover,itssuperiordesignisenergy-efficient，sobatteriescanlastmonths．CrystalEarisnowavailabletohelpthesepeopletreattheirhearinglosswithasmallhearingamplifier(放大器)．

36．Initiallythewriterdidnotwantt0buyahearingaidbecause

A．itwouldmakehimlookold．

B．itwouldmakehimnervous．

C．itwastooexpensive．

D．itwasold-styled．

37．WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueofCrystalEar?

A．Itishighlysensitive．

B．Itispowerful．

C．Itisinvisible．

D．Itiswireless．

38．OnespecialfeatureofCrystalEaristhat

A．youcancontrolitsvolume．

B．youneedn’ttakeitoffeveryday．

C．itissolar-powered．

D．itsavespower．

39．Accordingtothepassage，hearinglossis

A．onlyaminorhealthproblem．

B．theworld’smostcommonhealthproblem．

C．merelyateenagedisease．

D．anincurabledisease．

40．Manypeopleleavetheirhearingproblemuntreatedbecause

A．itisnotserious．

B．CrystalEarisnotyetavailable．

C．itisnoteasytohaveittreated．

D．theydon’twanttolookold．TechnologyTransferinGermany

whenitcomestotranslatingbasicresearchintoindustrialsuccess，fewnationscanmatchGermany．Sincethe1940s，thenation’svastindustrialbasehasbeenfedwithaconstantstreamofnewideasandexpertisefromscience．AndthoughGermanprosperity(繁荣)hasfaltered(衰退)overthepastdecadebecauseofthehugecostofunifyingeastandwestaswellastheglobaleconomicdecline，itstillhasanenviable(令人羡慕的)recordforturningideasintoprofit．

MuchofthereasonforthatsuccessistheFraunhoferSociety,anetworkofresearchinstitutesthatexistssolelytosolveindustrialproblemsandcreatesought。aftertechnologies．ButtodaytheFraunhoferinstituteshavecompetition．Universitiesaretakinganeverlargerroleintechnologytransfer，andtechnologyparksarespringingupallover．Theseeffortsarebeingcomplementedbythefederalprogrammesforpumpingmoneyintostart-upcompanies．

Suchastrategymaysoundlikearecipeforeconomicsuccess，but1tisnotwithoutitscrities,Thesepeopleworrythatfavouringappliedresearchwillmeanneglectingbasicscience，eventuallystarvingindustryoffleshideas．Ifeveryscientiststartsthinkinglikeanentrepreneur(企业家)，theargumentgoes，thenthetraditionalprinciplesofuniversityresearchbeingcuriositydriven:freeandwidelyavailablewillsuffer．Othersclaimthatmanyoftheprogrammestopromotetechnologytransferareawasteofmoneybecausehalfthesmallbusinessesthatarepromotedareboundtogobankruptwithinafewyears．

Whilethisdebatecontinues，newideasflowatasteadyratefromGermany’sresearchnetworks，whichbearfamousnamessuchasHelmholtz，MaxPlanckandLeibniz．Yetitisthefourthnetwork，theFraunhoferSociety，thatplaysthegreatestroleintechnologytransfer．

Foundedin1949.theFraunhoferSocietyisnowEurope’slargestorganisationforappliedtechnology，andhas59institutesemploying12，000people．Itcontinuestogrow．Lastyear’itswalloweduptheHeinrichHertzInstituteforCommunicationTechnologyinBerlin．Today,thereareevenFraunhofersintheUSandAsia．

41．WhatfactorcanbeattributedtoGermanprosperity?

A．Technologytransfer．

B．Goodmanagement．

C．Hardwork．

D．Fiercecompetition．

42．WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueoftraditionaluniversityresearch?

A．Itisfree．

B．Itisprofit-driven．

C．Itiswidelyavailable．

D．Itiscuriosity—driven．

43．TheFraunhoferSocietyisthelargestorganisationforappliedtechnologyin

A．Asia．

B．USA．

C．Europe．

D．Africa．

44．WhenwastheFraunhoferSocietyfounded?

A．In1940.

B．Lastyear．

C．Aftertheunification．

D．In1949.

45．Theword“expertise”inline3couldbebestreplacedby

A．“experts”．

B．“scientists”．

C．“scholars”．

D．“specialknowledge”．第5部分：补全短文

(第46"~50题，每题2分，共10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。

ConservationorwastedEffort?

Theblackrobin(旅鸫)isoneoftheworld’srarestbirds．Itisasmall，wildbird，anditlivesonlyontheislandofLittleMangere，offthecoastofNewZealand．In1967therewereaboutfiftyblackrobinsthere；in1977therewerefewerthanten．_____(46)

Energeticstepsarebeingtakentopreservetheblackrobin．_____(47)Theideaistobuyanotherislandnearbyasaspecialhome，a“reserve”，forthreatenedwildlife，includingblackrobins．TheorganizerssaythatLittleMangereshouldthenberestocked(重新准备)withtherobin’sfood．ThousandsoftherequiredplantsareatpresentbeingcultivatedinNewZealand．

Isallthisconcernawasteofhumaneffort?whatisreasonableandwhatisunreasonable?_____(48)Arewelosingoursenseof

Intheearth’slong，longpasthundredsofkindsofcreatureshaveevolved，risentoadegreeofsuccessanddiedout．Inthelong，longfuturetherewillbemanynewanddifferentformsoflife．Thosecreaturesthatadaptthemselvessuccessfullytowhattheearthofferswillsurviveforalongtime．_____(49)Thisisnature’sprovenmethodofoperation．

Theruleofselection--“thesurvivalofthefittest”—-istheonebywhichhumanbeingshavethemselvesarrivedonthescene．We，beingodeofthemostadaptablecreaturestheearthhasyetproduced，maylastlongerthanmost．_____(5O)Youmaytakeitasanotherrulethatwhen，atlast．humanbeingsshowsignsofdyingout，noothercreaturewillextendapaw(爪)topostponeourdeparture．Onthecontrary,wewillbehurriedout．

Lifeseemstohavegrowntootoughforblackrobins．Ileaveyoutojudgewhetherweshouldtrytodoanythingaboutit．

A．Somecreatures，certainsmallanimals，insectsandbirds，willalmostcertainlyoutlast(比……长久)man，fortheyseemevenmoreadaptable．

B．Thosethatfailtomeetthechallengeswilldisappearearly．

C．Detailedstudiesaregoingon，andapublicappealformoneyhasbeenmade．

D．Bothrepresentordersintheclassificationoflife

E．Isitanybusinessofourswhethertheblackrobinsurvivesordiesout?

F．Thesearetheonlyblackrobinsleftintheworld第6部分：完形填空（第51～65题，每题1分，共15分）下面的短文有15处空白，请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1个最佳选项。

UnpopularSubjects?

Isthereaplaceintoday’ssocietyforthestudyofuselesssubjectsinouruniversities?Justover100yearsagoFitzgeraldarguedinawell-writtenletter_____(51)Naturethat“Universitiesmustbeallowedtostudyuselesssubjects_____(52)theydon’t，whowill?Hewent0ntousethe_____(53)ofMaxwell’selectrodynamics_(电动力学)asonecasewherea“uselesssubject”hasbeentransformedtoausefulsubject．

Nowadaysthisargumentisagainverymuch_____(54)inmanyuniversities．Indeedonesuspectsthatitisoneofthoseargumentsthatmustbe_____(55)anew(重新)byeachgeneration．Butnowthereisanaddedtwist

~)--subjectsmustnotonlybeuseful，theymustalsobe_____(56)enoughthatstudentswillflock(蜂拥)tod0them，andevenflocktopaytodothem．

Asuniversitiesbecomecommercialoperations，thepressureto_____(57)subjectsordepartmentsthatarelesspopularwillbecomestrongerandstronger,Perhapsthisismoststrongly_____(58)atthemomentbyphysics．Therehasbeenmuch_____(59)inthepressofuniversitiesthatareclosingdownphysicsdepartmentsandincorporatethemwithmathematicsorengineeringdepartments．

Manyscientiststhinkotherwise．Theyseephysicsasa_____(60)science，whichmustbekeptaliveifonlyto_____(61)abaseforothersciencesandengineering．Itisoftheirgreatpersonalconcernthatphysicsteachingandresearchisunder_____(62)inmanyuniversities．HowCanitbepreservedintherushtowardscommercialcompetition?Amajorturnaround(转变)instudentpopularitymayhaveto_____(63)untiltheindustrialworlddiscoversthatitneedsphysicistsandstartspayingthemwell．Physicsisnownotonlyunpopular；itisalso“hard”．Wecandomoreaboutthelatterby_____(64)teachinginourschoolsanduniversities．Wecanalso_____(65)cooperativearrangementstoensurethatphysicistskeeptheirresearchandteachinguptodate.

51.

A．about

B．of

C．to

D．on

52．

A．if

B．as

C．because

D．since

53．

A．question

B．example

C．design

D．device

54．

A．powerful

B．terrible

C．difficult

D．active

55．

A．fought

B．weighted

C．respected

D．selected

56．

A．clear

B．popular

C．indefinite

D．available

57．

A．choose

B．strengthen

C．eliminate

D．identify

58．

A．recommended

B．opposed

C．suspected

D．felt

59．

A．discussion

B．fancy

C．evidence

D．influence

60．

A．precise

B．noble

C．new

D．fundamental

61．

A．install

B．provide

C．reach

D．cover

62．

A．agreement

B．construction

C．threat

D．consideration

63．

A．wait

B．move

C．progress

D．increase

64．

A．running

B．improving

C．learning

D．dropping

65．

A．fix

B．modify

C．review

D．develop2004年职称英语等级考试

理工类（B）答案

满分100分，其中：

l一15每题1分：

16—30每题1分；

31—45每题3分0

46—50每题2分：

51—65每题1分。

1．D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.A

8.B

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.A

14．C

15．D

16．B

17．A

18．B

19．B

20．C

21．A

22．C

23．F

24.B

25.E

26.C

27.D

28.E

29.C

30.A

31．B

32．D

33．A

34．C

35．D

36．A

37．C

38．D

39．B

40．C

41．A

42．B

43．C

44．D

45．D

46．F

47．C

48．E

49．B

50．A

51．C

52.A

53.B

54.D

55.A

56.B

57.C

58.D

59.A

60.D

61.D

62.C

63.A

64.B65．D

2004年职称英语等级考试

理工类(B级)题解

第1部分：词汇选项

1．答案为D。“lately’和“r‘recently”都有“最近”的意思。

2．答案为C。“while”在这个句子中引起的是一个让步从句，所起的作用是跟“although”

一样的。

3．答案为B。“enormous”和“large”都是“巨大的”，在这里两者可以互换。

4．答案为A。’“annually”就是“everyyear”的意思。

’

5．答案为B。“details”是“细节”的意思。“particulars”也是“细节”的意思。

6．答案为B。take…intoconsideration与take…intoaccount这两个短语意思相同，故选

B。

7．答案为A。limited：数量有限的，alimitednumberofbooks：有限的一些书籍。这里limited

number与smallnumber意思相同，故选A。

8．答案为B。propose与suggest都是“提议，建议”的意思，这里可以互换，故选B。

9．答案为B。blended与mixed都有“把……混合起来”的意思，此处可互换，故选B。

10．答案为C。：modify的意思是“修改”，与change意思相同，故选C。modify的意思是

“改动，修改”，故和change同义，clarify的意思是“澄清”，define是“界定”的意

思。

儿．答案为A。

extractatooth是“拔牙”的意思，在四个选项中只有takeout可以替代。

12．答案为B。句子的意思是“九月份经济继续呈现衰退的迹象”，和exhibit同义的只

有show。是最佳答案。

13．答案为A。durable：耐用的，long．1asting：持久的。画线词与选项A意思相同，可互

换，故A为正确答案。

14．答案为C。expire的意思是“断气”，即“死了”，与选项C意思相同，故c为答案。

15．答案为D。gaze的意思是“长时间盯看……”，与选项D意思相同，所以D为答案。

第2部分：阅读判断

16．答案为B。本题的意思是：星期六傍晚，‘Trumbull县天气很好。本题句意思与原文相

反。原文第一段上来就讲到当时龙卷风和暴风雨滚滚而来。

17．答案为A。本题的意思是：GeorgeSnyder是一位消防员。原文虽然没有直说他是干什

么的，但提到他正开着消防车(firetruck)，由此可以推断他是消防员。

18．答案为B。本题可译为：暴风雨来临时AmandaSymcheck与别人正在地下室里聚会。

原文是说他们正在聚会，但没说在地下室里聚会。而是说暴风雨来临后，他们跑到地

下室里躲藏。

19．答案为B。本题可译为：暴风雨中供电系统没遭到破坏。第五段最后一句说大风和暴

雨使一些家庭的供电出现了问题，与题项矛盾，故选B。

20．答案为C。本题可译为：一百年来，‘Trumbull还没有遇到过这么大的暴风雨呢。此句

的意思文章中根本没有提到，故选C。

21．答案为A。本题的意思是：救援车辆费了很大劲才把人救出来。此句的意思在倒数第

三段最后一句提到了，故选A。

22．答案为C。本题可译为：暴风雨中有几个人失踪了。此句的意思文章中没有提到，故

选C。第3部分：概括大意与完成句子

23．正确答案为F。第一段的最后一句是这么说的：虽然T模型谈不上是第一种通用的汽

车，但它向世界表明了Ford在把技术和市场结合在一起方面多么富有创造性。

24．正确答案为B。第二段的第一句话是这么说的：公司的装配线独自把美国的工业革命

投入到高速运转之中。这是个主题句，讲的是“装配线”。

25．正确答案为E。第三段的第一句话是这么说的：同年Ford以提出一天最低5美元的工

资制度而震惊世界，这是他至此做出的最大的贡献。这是个主题句。

26．正确答案为C。第四段的第一句是这么说的：然而，随着工资后来升到一天10美元，

Ford梦想中的关键部分，即大家都买得起汽车，是可以实现的。因此，C是正确的答

案。

27．正确答案为D。第二段的最后一个句子中提到“这个世界上的第一条汽车输送带每93

分钟就生产一辆小汽车”。这个速度在当时是相当高的，可以想像，一年下来生产汽

车的数量是相当大的。

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28．正确答案为E。第三段讲到。当是汽车工业实行的是9小时工作制，平均每小时2．34

美元。Ford不仅把工资翻了翻，而且还把工作日中的工作时数去除了一小时。也就是

说，Ford是第一个实行8小时工作的人。

29．正确答案为c。c填入后整个句子说的是：

起。答案可见于最后一段的最后一句。

30．正确答案为A。A填入后整个句子说的是：

批评。答案可以在第三和第四段中找到。

第4部分：阅读理解

由于Ford生产的车成本底，普通人也买得

Ford的高工资、低成本策略受到了传媒的

31．正确答案为B。文章第一段只是将美国黑人与美国白人的癌症死亡率进行了比较。

32．正确答案为D。前三项原因在文章第三段中都被提到了，而早期诊断是有助于降低癌

症死亡率的。

33．正确答案为A。从文章的第六段可以得知，癌症越早发现越有利于治疗。

34．正确答案为C。文章的第七段提到，大力开展宣传教育有助于消除不平等的社会差异。

35．正确答案为D。从文章的最后一段可以得知，1992年以来，美国黑人的癌症死亡率下

降了。

36．正确答案为A。从文章第一段中的第三句话可以看出，作者的第一反应是戴助听器会