2008年职称英语考试综合类C级试题及答案

大家论坛2008年职称英语考试综合类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。

1.We'llgiveeveryteacherroomfordevelopment．

A.placeB.employmentC.houseD.space

2.Thepolicemanaskedhimtoidentifythethief．

A.describeB.nameC.captureD.call

3.Wewerealltherewhentheaccidentoccurred．

A.brokeB.happenedC.spreadD.appeared

4.Ittookmeexactlyaweektocompletethework．

A.startB.achieveC.finishD.improve

5.Theherbmedicineeventuallycuredherdisease．

A.nicelyB.apparentlyC.naturallyD.finally

6.Thisnewpolicyhasledtoadramaticincreaseproduction.

A.strikingB.minorC.fixedD.modest

7.Poorschoolingwastherootoftheunemploymentproblem

A.baseB.resultC.forceD.cause

8.Johnsurviveson100poundsamonth

A.livesB.putsC.borrowsD.spends

9.One'seconomicconditionoftenaffectshisorherwayoflife.

A.determinesB.showsC.confinesD.influences

10.Ifyouwanttokeephealthy,youshouldvarythefoodsyoueat.

A.rejectB.acceptC.chooseD.change

11.Shefoundmeverydull.

A.dirtyB.sleepyC.boringD.lazy

12.ThePresidentmadeabriefvisittoBeijing

A.workingB.shortC.formalD.secret

13.Hewaspersuadedtogiveuptheidea

A.mentionB.acceptC.dropD.consider

14.Jackconsumesapoundofcheeseaday.

A.drinksB.eatsC.buysD.produces

15.Maryjusttoldusaveryfascinatingstory.

A.strangeB.frighteningC.interestingD.difficult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。

Petitions

Petitions(请愿，请愿书)havelongbeenapartofBritishpoliticallife．AnyonewhowantedtochangesomethingwouldgetalistofsignaturesfrompeoplewhoagreedtotheideaandeithersendthemtothegovernmentordeliverthempersonallytothePrimeMinister’shouseinLondon．

TheyarealwaysacceptedatthedoorbyoneofthePM'Sofficials．Whathappensthen?Nothingmuch，usually．Butpetitionshavealwaysbeenthoughtofasausefulwayforthosewhogoverntofindoutwhatthepeoplereallythink．

That’swhytheUKgovernmentLaunchedits“e—petition”siteinNovember2006．Insteadofphysicallycollectingsignatures，allanyonewithanideahastodonowistomakeaproposalonthegovernmentwebsite，andanyonewhosupportstheideaisfreetoaddhisorhersignature．

Thepetitionssoonstartedtoflowin．TheideawasfortheBritishpeopletoexpresstheirconstructiveideas．Manychoseinsteadtoexpresstheirsenseofhumor．

onepetitionercalledonTonyBlairtostoptheDeputyPrimeMinistereatingSOmuch”．Anotherwantedtoexpel(驱逐)ScotlandfromtheUnitedKingdombecauseScottishfootballfastneversupportEnglandintheWorldCup．

otherpetitionerscalledonthePrimeMinistertoabolishthemonarchy．Somewantedtogiveitmorepower．SomewantedtoopposetheUnitedStates．otherswantedtoleavetheEuropeanUnion．SomewantedtosendmoretroopstoIraqandotherswantedthemallbroughthome．SomewantedtoadopttheEuro(欧元)．Otherswantedtokeepthepound．

Yetifsomepetitionsarenotserious。otherspresentadirectchallengetogovernmentpolicy．Apetitioncallingonthegovernmenttodropplanstochargedriversforusingroadshasalreadydrawnaround1．8millionsignatures．1nresponsetothat，arivalpetitionhasbeenpostedinsupportofroadpricing．Andthatisalsorapidlygrowing．

Thereareabout60millionpeopleinBritain．Soitisunderstandablethatthegovernmentwantstofindoutwhatpeoplearethinking．Buttheproblemwiththee-petitionsiteseemstobethattheBritishpeoplehaveabout70millionopinions，andwantthePrimeMinistertohearallofthem．Perhapshecouldstartapetitionaskingeveryonetolustshutupforawhile．

16.Apetitionneedstobesigned

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

17.ThePrimeMinisterreadspetitionseveryday

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

18.ApetitionhastobemailedtothePrimeMinister'shouseinLondon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段每段选择1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。

WaystoReduceExposuretoAirPollution

1Areportpublishedrecentlybringsbadnewsaboutairpollution．Itsuggeststhatitcouldbeasdamagingtoourhealthasexposuretotheradiationfromthe1986Ukrainenuclearpowerplantdisaster．ThereportwaspublishedbytheUK’SRoyalCommissiononEnvironmentalPollution．Butwhatcancitypeopledotoreduceexposuretoairpollution?Quitealot，itturnsout．

2Avoidwalkinginbusystreets．Choosesidestreetsandparksinstead．Pollutionlevelscanfallaconsiderableamountjustbymovingafewmetersawayfromthemainpollutionsource—exhaustfuries(废气)．Alsodon’twalkbehindsmokers．Walkonthewindward(顶风的)sideofthestreetwhereexposureofpollutants(污染物)canbe50percentlessthanonthedownwind(顺风的)side．

3Siftingonthedriver’Ssideofabuscanincreaseyourexposureby10percent，comparedwithsittingonthesiderealestthepavement．Siftingupstairsonadouble—decked(双层电车)canreduceexposure．Itisdifficulttosaywhethertravelingonanundergroundtrainisbetterorworsethantakingthebus．Airpollutiononundergroundtrainstendstobelesstoxic(有毒的)thanthatatstreetlevel，becauseundergroundpollutionismostlymadeupoftinyironparticles(粒子)thrownupbywheelshittingtherails，whilediesel(柴油机)andpetrolfumeshaveamixtureofpollutants．

4Whenyouarecrossingaroad，standwellbackfromthecurb(路缘)whileyouwaitforthelighttochange。Everymeterreallydoescountwhenyouareclosetotraffic．Asthetrafficbeginstomove，fumescanbereducedinjustafewseconds。Soholdingyourbreathforjustamomentcanmakeadifference，eventhoughitmightsoundsilly．

5Therearelargesuddenpollutionincreasesduringrushhours．Pollutionlevelsfallduringnighttime．Thetimeofyearalsomakesabigdifference．Pollutionlevelstendtobeattheirlowestduringspringandautumnwhenwindsarefreshest．Extremecoldorhotweatherhasatrappingeffectandtendstocauseabuild—upofpollutants．

23Paragraph2_________

24Paragraphs3_________

25Paragraph4_________

26Paragraph5________

AWhenyougetup

BWhereyoustandwhilewaitingtocrossaroad

CWhereyouwalk

DWhereyousitonabusandhowyoutravel

EWhenyougotobed

FWhenpollutionlevelsriseandfall

27Airpollutioncanbeasharmfultoone'shealth___________

28Travelingonanundergroundtraincanreduceexposure___________

29Pollutionlevelsarelower__________

30It'swisetostayawayfromheavytraffic____________

Aonthedownwindside

Bduringrushhours

Cinspringandautumn

Dtotoxicair

Ebetweenautumnandwinter

Fasexposuretonuclearradiation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StopEatingTooMuch

Cleanyourplate!”and“Beamemberoftheclean—plateclub!"JustabouteverykidintheUShasheardthisfromaparentorgrandparent．Often，it'saccompaniedbyanappeal：“Justthinkaboutthosestarvingorphans(孤儿)inAfrica!”Sure，weshouldbegratefulforeverybiteoffood．Unfortunately,manypeopleintheUStaketoomanybites．Insteadofstaying“cleantheplate”，perhapsweshouldsavesomefoodfortomorrow．

Accordingtonewsreports，USrestaurantsarepartlytoblameforthegrowingbellies(肚子)．Awaiterputsaplateoffoodinfrontofeachcustomer,withtwotofourtimestheamountrecommendedbythegovernment；accordingtoaUSATodaystory．Americanstraditionallyassociatequantitywithvalueandmostrestaurantstyrogivethemthat．Theyprefertohavecustomerscomplainabouttoomuchfoodratherthantoolittle．

BarbaraRolls，anutrition(营养)professoratPennsylvaniaStateUniversity,toldUSA-faddythatrestaurantportionsizesbegantogrowinthe1970s，thesametimethattheAmericanwaistline(腰围)begantoexpand．

Healthexpertshavetriedtogetmanyrestaurantstoservesmallerportions.Now，apparently,somecustomersarecallingforthistoo．TherestaurantindustrytrademagazineQSRreportedlastmonththat57percentofmorethan4，000peoplesurveyedbelievedrestaurantsservedportionsthatweretoolarge；23percenthadnoopinion；20percentdisagreed．ButacloserlookatthesurveyindicatesthatmanyAmericanswhocan’taffordfinediningstillpreferlargeportions．Seventypercentofthoseearnatleast$150，000peryearprefersmallerportions；butonly45percentofthoseearninglessthan$25，000wantsmaller．

It'snotthatworkingclassAmericansdon’twanttoeathealthy．It'sjustthat，afterlonghoursatlow—payingjobs，gettinglessontheirplatehardlyD.Australia.第三篇PoliticalSpins

Lastweek，USWhiteHousespokesmanTonySnowsentjournalistsdiggingfortheirdictionaries．HecalledrecentcriticismbytheformerPresidentBillClinton“chutzpah”(大胆放肆)．Withjustonesentence，Snowmanagedtomakeheadlines，ajokeandadefenseof．PresidentGeorgeWBush．Interestingly,thisishowbattlesarefoughtandwoninUSpolitics—withcarefully-wordedone—liners(一行字幕新闻)madeforTVwhichoftenlacksubstanceandclarity(清晰度)．

“Theamountofinformationthatcandidatesattempttocommunicatetopeopleisactuallygeeingsmallerandsmaller，”saidMarkSmith，apoliticalscienceprofessoratCedarvilleUniversity．Thishasbeenaccompaniedbyachangingmediaenvironment，Smithsaid．In1968，theaverageTVorradiosoundbite(演讲中的句子或短语)was48seconds，accordingtoSmith．In1996，theaveragesoundbitehadshrunk(缩短)to8seconds．Thus，politicianswantingpublicitytrytomaketheirpubliccommunicationasquotableaspossible．

Campaigningpoliticiansalsouse30-secondTVadsandclevercampaignslogans(口号)toboosttheirmessages．RepublicanpresidentialcandidateJohnMcCainridestocampaignstopsinabusnamedthe”Straight-TalkExpress"．McCainhopesthenamewillconvincevotersheplanstotellpeoplethetroth-whetherit'sinfashionornot．DemocraticpresidentialcandidateHillaryClinton，ontheotherhand，haschosenthecampaignslogan“Lettheconversationbegin”．Shehopesitwillhelpherappearopen-mindedandfriendly．

Butone-liners，TVadsandcampaignslogansallhaveasinglekeyingredient：somethingcommonlycalledpolitical“spin”．BrooksJackson，aformerjournalistandthecurrentdirectorofthenon—partisan(无党派的)websiteFactCheck．org，callsspin”justapolitewordfordeception(欺骗)."

"Idobelievethatveryoftenpoliticiansbelievetheirownspin，"saidJackson．

"Strongpartisanssufferfromauniversalhumantendency：Theyignoretheevidencethatwouldforcethemintotheuncomfortablepositionofhavingtochangetheirmindsandadmitthattheywerewrong。"

41.WhichstatementisNOTtrueofone-liners?

A.Theycontainalotofinformation。

B.Theyareunclear．

C.Theylacksubstance．

D.Theyarecarefullyconstructed．

42.Whatchangedfrom1968to19967

A.Publicity．

B.Information．

C.Theaveragesoundbite．

D.Communication．

43.Thecampaignslogan”Straight-TalkExpress”aimsatconvincingvotersthatthepresidentialcandidateis

A.friendly．

B.honest．

C.open．minded．

D.warm-headed．

44.AccordingtoBrooksJackson，allcampaignslogansare

A.attractive．

B.impressive．

C.informative．

D.deceptive．

45.Whichstatementbestdescribesstrongpartisans?

A.Theyareveryfunny．

B.Theyareveryhealthy．

C.Theyareverystubborn(顽固的)．

D.Theyareveryaggressive．第5部分：补全短文(第46～50题，每题2分，共10分)

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

BombExplosionsinThailand

ThenewyearcelebrationinThailandwasshatteredbyviolence，whenninebombsexplodedacrossBangkokamendmidnight．ThreeThaicitizenswerekilledandmorethan30injured．

Amongtheinjured，sixwereforeigners．NoChinesecasualtieswereChineseEmbassyinBangkok，thecapital，saidonMondav.reported，the_______(46)ButotherembassieshaveadvisedtheircitizenstoavoidtravelingtoBangkok．"Thereisapossibilityoffurtherattacksincomingdays，"saidatraveladvisory(公告)fromAustralia．

"AustraliansareurgedtoavoidunnecessarytravelinBangkok．”

NoterroristgroupclaimedresponsibilityforthebombingsbyTuesday_______(47)BombingsandshootingsoccuralmostdailyinThailand'sthree，southernmostprovinces．Yala，NaarathiwatandBattanihaveadominantMuslimpopulationandhavelongcomplainedofneglect(忽视)anddiscrimination(歧视)inthelargelyBuddhist(佛教徒的)nation．TheyhaveaskedforindependenceandaseparateIslamic(伊斯兰的)state．Since2004，theinsurgents(叛乱者)havecarriedoutnumerousattacksinthesouthandmorethan1，900peoplehavebeenkilled________(48)ButThaiPrimeMinisterSprayedChuluotasaidonMondaythatdomesticpoliticsratherthantheMusliminsurgencywasbehindthebombings．"Itislikelyrelatedtopeoplewholosttheirpoliticalbenefits，"Sprayedsaid，referringtoTaskingChinaware．________(49)Sprayedwaslaterappointedinterim(临时的)primeministerTasking，howeverstillenjoyswidespreadsupport，especiallyinthecountryside________(50)Tasking'slawyer,NappedPatina，deniedhisclient'sinvolvementinthebombings，accordingtoalocalwebsite.

A.Nobodyistoblame

B.SomebelievetheexplosionsweretheworkofMuslimseparatists

C.SomebelievethatseveralseniorarmyofficersloyaltoTaskingplowedthebombingswithousted(赶下台)politicianstodiscredit(败坏名声)thegovernment．

D.Taskingwasoustedinamilitarycoup(政变)lastSeptember

E.TheThaiGovernmenthasbeenunabletocontroltheviolence，thoughthousandsoftroopshavebeensenttothesouth．

F.Theembassyissuednotravelwarnings第6部分：完型填空(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。

UFOs

Sixtyyearsago．amannamedKennethArnoldsawsomethingthatwecansti_________(51)today-somethingthatchangedpopularcultureforeverFlyinghisplaneovermountainsintheUSstateofWashington，hesawalineofstrangeobjects，eithercrescent-shaped(月牙形的)ordisc—like，flyingthemotionofasaucer(碟)skimming(飞速掠过)onwater．

Themediasoonpickeduponthestory-theFlyingSaucerswereearthbeing________(53)bycreaturesfromanotherplanet?Soon。soweremadethattheUSmilitarybeganto_______(54)．ItcalledtheseUFOs—UnidentifiedFlyingObjects，andthatishowtheyare________(52)here!Wasthemanysightingsstrangeobjects________(55)todayMilitaryinvestigationsfoundnoevidenceofvisitorsfromouterspace．Butthatdidnotstopthetrue________(56)．Themilitarywere________(57)up，theysaid．Ormaybeitwasbecausethetravelersfromspacewereofsuchsuperiorintelligence________(58)theycouldhidefrommilitaryanalysts(分析家)Peoplehavealwaysseenstrangelightsinthesky．Inthepastthesewereexplained________(59)ways．Inaworldwherereligionwaslessinfluentialandsciencefictionwaspopular,signsfromGodwerereplacedbyvisitorsfromother_________(60)

ThedateofthefirstUFOsightingswasalsosignificant．In1947，WorldWarIIhadjustendedandtheinendlessconflictsskiesforhelp．But

aliens(外星人)withofscience．(61)Warwasjustbeginning．HumanityseemedlockedLikegenerationsbeforethem，peoplelooked________(62)theinsteadofseekingGod，theylookedforhelpfromsuper-intellige