职称英语理工类a级模拟33

职称英语理工类A级模拟33

第1部分：词汇选项

下面每个句子中均有1个词或短语画有底横线，请为每处画线部分确定1个意义最为接

近的选项。

1>Sofarnoonehasbeenabletoaccountforthecauseoftheaccident.

A.assessB.explainC.describeD.

investigate

2、Allthosepresentnoticedtheminutechangeinhislook.

A.bigB.timelyC.dramaticD.slight

3、Thewarwasover,butthewholecountrywasinastateofdisorder,

A.confusionB.disagreementC.disappearanceD.

disaster

4、Theyoungmanwasaccusedoftheftinthesupermarket.

A.arrestedforB.chargedwithC.praisedforD.

describedas

5、Thecauseofthefireisbeinginvestigated.

A.lookedafterB.lookedthroughC.lookedforwardtoD.looked

into

6、Numerousattemptshavebeenmadetohidethetruth.

A.ManyB.SuccessfulC.EffectiveD.

Unsuccessful

7、Itisobviousthatthereisdifferenceinthewaytheyviewthematter.

A.naturalB.certainC.inevitableD.clear

8、Itisoddthatsolittleisknownaboutthetalentedpainter.

A.surprisingB.unreasonableC.strangeD.

unbe1ievab1e

9、Everyoneintheclassparticipatedinthefarewellparty.

A.contributedtoB.tookpleasureinC.tookpartinD.

enjoyed

10^Sinceancienttimespeoplehavefoundvariouswaystopreservemeat.

A.carveB.cookC.freezeD.keep

11>Tounderstandwhatwearegoingtotalkabouttoday,youhavetorely

onwhatyouhavereadpreviously.

A.beforehandB.carefullyC.beforeD.in

advance

12、Atthepoliceman1ssignal,thevehiclepulledup.

A.stoppedB.sloweddownC.spedupD.turnedup

13>Noteveryonecanperceivethegradualchangeinthewriter*sstyle.

A.appreciateB.noticeC.describeD.discover

14>Itwassaidthatafterhisfather*sdeath,hepossessednearlyhalfofhis

father1swealth,

A.wastedB.ownedC.purchasedD.sold

15、Theyallagreedthatthechangesthathavetakenplacearesubstantial.

A.significantB.superficialC.inadequateD.

inevitable

第2部分：阅读判断

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作出判断：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。

CaliforniaGivesGreenLighttoSpaceSolarPower

Energybeameddownfromspaceisonestepclosertoreality,nowthat

CaliforniahasgiventhegreenlighttoanagreementthatwouldseethePacific

GasandElectricCompanybuy200megawatt（兆瓦）ofpowerbeameddownfrom

solar-powersatellitesbeginningin2016.Butsomemajorchallengeswillhave

tobeovercomeifthetechnologyistobeusedwidely.

Astart-upcompanycalledSolarenisdesigningthesatelliteszwhichit

sayswilluseradiowavestobeamenergydowntoareceivingstationonEarth.

Theattractionofcollectingsolarpowerinspaceisthealmostuninterrupted

sunshineavailableineosynchronous（与地球同步的）orbit.Earth-basedsolar

cells,bycontrast,canonlycollectsunlightduringdaytimeandwhenskies

areclear.

Butspace-basedsolarpowermustgrapple（努力克月艮）withthehighcostper

kilogramoflaunchingthingsintospace,saysRichardSchwartzofPurdue

UniversityinWestLafayette,Indiana,"Ifyou1retalkingaboutitbeing

economicallyviableorpoweroftheEarth,it*satoughgo.nhesays.

CalBoerman,Solaren1sdirectorofenergyservices,saysthecompany

designeditssatelliteswithaviewtokeepinglaunchcostsdown.*'Weknew

wehadtocomeupwithadifferent,revolutionarydesign,"hesays.Apatent

thecompanyhaswondescribeswaystoreducethesystem'sweightzincluding

usinginflatableminorstofocussunlightonsolarcells,soasmallernumber

cancollectthesameamountofenergy.

ButusingminorsintroducesotherHenges,includingkeepingthesolarcells

fromoverheating,saysSchwartz.HYouhavetotakecareofheatdissipation

（散发）becauseyou1renowconcentratingalotofenergyinoneplace,"hesays.

Accordingtothecompany*spatent,Solaren1ssolarcellswillbeconnected

toradiatorstohelpkeepthemcool.

ThoughBoermansaysthecompanybelievesitcanmakespace-basedsolar

powerwork,itisnotexpectingtocrowdoutotherformsofrenewableenergy.

LawsinCaliforniaandotherstatesrequireincreasinguseofrenewableenergy

1

incomingyears,hepointsout."Tomeetthoseneedszweregoingtoneed

alltypesofrenewableenergysources,nhesays.

16、Solar-powersatelliteswilluseradiowavestobeamenergydownfromspace.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

17>Solarenisgoingtodesign200solar-powersatellites.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

18、Space-basedsolarcellscouldcollectsolarpoweronlywhenskiesare

clear.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

19、Oneadvantageofspace-basedsolarpowersystemisthatitiseconomical.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

20、Inflatableminorsareusedtoreducethespace-basedsolarpowersystem.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

21>Space-basedsolarpowerwillruleoutotherformsofrenewableenergy

sources.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

22、Manycountrieswillgrantpermissionfortheuseofspaced-basedsolar

powersoon.

A.RightB,WrongC.Notmentioned

第3部分：概括大意与完成句子

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、3、4、5

段每段选择1个最佳标题；⑵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。

ThePaperChase

1"Runningahouseisalotlikerunningabusiness."saysStephanieDenton,a

professionalorganizerbasedinCincinnati,Ohio,whospecializesinbothresidential

andcommercialpaperworkandrecordkeeping.Togetasuccessfulgriponorganizing

documents,bills,andothermaterials,Dentonsuggeststhefollowingtips:

2Createaspaceinwhichyoucanalwaysdoyourpaperwork.Thisisperhaps

themostimportantelementofasuccessfulsystem.Ifyoucan'tdevoteanentiredesk

tothetask,atleastinvestinarollingfilecarttostoreactivepaperworkanda

two-drawerfilecabinetforfamilyrecords.Storetherollingfilecartwhereveritismost

convenientandcomfortabletodoyourwork,whetherthatisthekitchen,office,or

familyroom.

3Whenindoubt,throwitout.Thefirststeptoimplementaworkablefiling

systemistoeliminatepaperyoudon'tuse,don'tneed,orthatyoucouldeasilyaccess

againelsewhere.Throwoutduplicatestatements,oldcatalogs,andallofthecoupons,

mailings,orofferingsyou'llneverhaveanopportunitytouseorevenread.

4Setasidetwodaysamonthtopaybills.Ifamonthlyduedatedoesn'tfitinto

yourcycle,callupthecreditorandsuggestamoreconvenientdate.Keeptwomanila

foldersatthefrontofyoursystemforcurrentbills,onetocorrespondwitheach

bill-payingday,andfileallincomingbills.Keepalistinthefrontofeachfolderofwhat

needstobepaidincasetheinvoiceneverarrivesorgetsmisplaced.

5Thinkofyourfilingsystemnotasarigidtool,butasaliving,breathingsystem

thatcanaccommodateyourchangingneeds.Agoodfilingsystemisbothmentallyand

physicallyflexible.Everyone'sneedsaredifferent,saysDenton,butwhendevisinga

Blingsystem,askyourself:"wherewouldIlookforthis?'*Createmainheadingsfor

yourfilingsystem,suchasInvestments,Taxes,Children,andsoforth,andfile

individualfoldersunderthemainheadings.NeveroverstuffyourHies.

AFindaplacetoworkon

BImplementingaworkablefilingsystem

CWhatisagoodfilingsystem

DHowtoinvestinarollingfilecart

EGetridofunimportantthings

FDealingwithbills

23、Paragraph2______

24、Paragraph3______

25、Paragraph4______

26、Paragraph5______

Atheyareuseless

Binpaperchase

Cthatitiseasilyreached

Dthatdifferentpeoplehavedifferentrequirements

Etheyarenotcomfortable

Fininvestingincoupons

27、StephanieDentonisexpert

28、Youcanputyourfilecartanywhereyoulike,oncondition

29、Couponsshouldbethrownawaybecause

30、"Mentallyflexible"indicatesthefact

第4部分：阅读理解

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

BatteriesBuiltbyViruses

Whatdochickenpox,thecommoncold,theflu,andAIDShaveincommon?

They*realldiseasecausedbyviruses,tinymicroorganismsthatcanpass

frompersontoperson.11*snowonderthatwhenmostpeoplethinkaboutviruses,

findingwaystosteerclearofvirusesiswhat*sonpeople*sminds.

Noteveryonerunsfromthetinydiseasecarderszthough.InCambridge,

Massachusetts,scientistshavediscoveredthatsomevirusescanbehelpful

inanunusualway.Theyareputtingvirusestowork,teachingthemtobuild

someoftheworld1ssmallestrechargeablebatteries.

Virusesandbatteriesmayseemlikeanunusualpair,butthey*renotso

strangeforengineerAngelaBelcher,whofirstcameupwiththeidea.At

theMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)inCambridge,sheandher

collaboratorsbringtogetherdifferentareasofscienceinnewways.Inthe

caseofthevirus-builtbatterieszthescientistscombinewhattheyknowabout

biology,technologyandproductiontechniques.

Belcher*steamincludesPaulaHammond,whohelpsputtogetherthetiny

batterieszandYet-MingChiang,anexpertonhowtostoreenergyintheform

ofabattery.nWe1reworkingonthingswetraditionallydon11associatewith

nature."saysHammond.

Manybatteriesarealreadyprettysmall.YoucanholdA,CandDbatteries

inyourhand.Thecoin-likebatteriesthatpowerwatchesareoftensmaller

thanapenny.However,everyyear,newelectronicdeviceslikepersonalmusic

playersorcellphonesgetsmallerthantheyearbefore.Asthesedevices

shrink,ordinarybatterieswon*tbesmallenoughtofitinside.

Theidealbatterywillstorealotofenergyinasmallpackage.Right

now,Belcher'smodelbattery,ametallicdiskcompletelybuiltbyviruses,

lookslikearegularwatchbattery.Butinside,itscomponentsareverysmallz

sotinyyoucanonlyseethemwithapowerfulmicroscope.

Howsmallarethesebatteryparts?Togetsomeideaofthesizezpluck

onehairfromyourhead.Placeyourhaironapieceofwhitepaperandtry

toseehowwideyourhairisprettythin,right?Althoughthewidthofeach

person1shairisabitdifferent,youcouldprobablyfitaboutlotsofthese

virus-builtbatteryparts,sidetoside,acrossonehair.Thesemicro-batteries

maychangethewaywelookatviruses.

31>Accordingtothefirstparagraph,peopletryto.

A.killmicroorganismsrelatedtochickenpox,theflu,etc.

B.keepthemselvesawayfromvirusesbecausetheyareinvisible

C.stayawayfromvirusesbecausetheyarecausesofvariousdiseases

D.curethemselvesofvirus-relateddiseasesbytakingmedicines

32、WhatisBelcher1steamdoingatpresent?

A.Itisfindingwaystogetridofviruses.

B.Itismass-producingmicro-batteries.

C.Itismakingbatterieswithviruses.

D.Itisanalyzingvirusgenes.

33、WhatexpressionbelowisoppositeinmeaningtothewordHshrink11appearing

inparagraph5?

A.Broaden.

B.Spread.

C.Extend.

D.Expand.

34、WhichofthefollowingistrueofBelcher1sbatterymentionedinparagraph

6?

A.Itismadeofmetal.

B.Itisakindofwatchbattery.

C.Itcanonlybeseenwithamicroscope.

D.Itisametallicdiskwithvirusesinsideit.

35、Howtinyisonebatterypart?

A.Itswidthisonetenthofahair.

B.Itequalsthewidthofahair.

C.Itisasthinasapieceofpaper.

D.Itswidthistootinytomeasure.

弟一^扁

CellPhonesIncreaseTraffic,PedestrianFatalities

Cellphonesareadangerontheroadinmorewaysthanone.Twonewstudies

showthattalkingonthephonewhiletraveling,whetheryou'redrivingor

onfootisincreasingbothpedestriandeathsandthoseofdriversandpassengers,

andrecommendcrackdownsoncellusebybothpedestriansanddrivers.

Thenewstudieszlead-authoredbyRutgersUniversity,Newark,Economics

ProfessorPeterDLoeb,relatetheimpactofcellphonesonaccidentfatalities

tothenumberofcellphonesinuse,showingthatthecurrentincreasein

deathsresultingfromcellphoneusefollowsaperiodwhencellphonesactually

helpedtoreducepedestrianandtrafficfatalities.However,thisreduction

infatalitiesdisappearedoncethenumbersofphonesinusereacheda"critical

mass"of100million,thestudyfound.

Thesestudieslookedatcellphoneuseandmotorvehicleaccidentsfrom

1975through2002zandfactoredinanumberofvariables,includingvehicle

speed,alcoholconsumption,seatbeltuse,andmilesdriven.Thestudiesfound

thecellphone-fatalitycorrelationtobetrueevenwhenincludingfactors

suchasspeed,alcoholconsumption,andseatbeltuse.

Loebandhisco-authordeterminedthat,atthecurrenttime,cellphone

usehasa"significantadverseeffectonpedestriansafety"andthatHcell

phonesandtheirusageaboveacriticalthresholdsaddstomotorvehicle

fatalities.'*Inthelate1980sandpartofthe1990s,beforethenumbersof

phonesexploded,cellphoneuseactuallyhada"life-savingeffectHin

pedestrianandtrafficaccidents,Loebnotes."Cell-phoneusers*wereable

toquicklycallformedicalassistancewheninvolvedinanaccident.This

quickmedicalresponseactuallyreducedthenumberoftrafficdeathsfora

time,HLoebhypothesizes.

However,thiswasnotthecasewhencellswerefirstusedinthemid-1980s,

whentheycauseda"life-takingeffect"amongpedestrians,driversand

passengersinvehicles.Inthoseearlydays,whentherewerefewerthana

millionphones,fatalitiesincreased,saysLoeb,becausedriversand

pedestriansprobablywerestilladjustingtothenoveltyofusingthem,and

thereweren1tenoughcellphonesinusetomakeadifferenceinsummoning

helpfollowinganaccidentzheexplains.

TheHlife-savingeffect"occurredasthevolumeofphonesgrewintothe

early1990szandincreasingnumbersofcellswereusedtocall911following

accidentszleadingtoadropinfatalities,explainsLoeb.Butthislife-saving

effectwascanceledoutoncethenumbersofphonesreacheda"criticalmass"

ofabout100millionandthenlife-takingeffectnincreasedaccidentsand

fatalitiesoutweighedthebenefitsofquickaccessto911services,according

toLoeb.

Loebandhisco-authorsusedeconometricmode1stoanalyzedatafroma

numberofgovernmentandprivatestudies.Heandhisco-authorsrecommend

thatgovernmentsconsidermoreaggressivepoliciestoreducecellphoneuse

bybothdriversandpedestriansztoreducethenumberoffatalities.

36、Thetwonewstudieszlead-authoredbyProfessorPeterDLoeb.

A.showthattalkingonthephonewhiledrivingorwalkinginthestreet

increasesdeathsofdriversandpedestrians

B,showthattalkingonthephonewhiledrivingincreasespedestriandeaths

C.recommendthatstrictmeasuresbetakentorestraincellphoneuse

D.bothAandC

37、Accordingtothesecondparagraph,whendidcellphonesactuallyhelp

toreducepedestrianandtrafficfatalities?

A.Rightaftercellphoneswereinvented.

B.Beforethenumberofcellphoneusersreachedacriticalmass

C.Whencellphoneuserstotaledtoacertainnumber.

D.Whenthenumberofcellphonesdecreasedtoacertainnumber.

38、Whatissaidaboutcellphoneuseinparagraph4?

A.Thenumberofcellphonesinuseexplodedinthelate1980sandpart

ofthe1990s.

B.Thenumberoftrafficdeathswasreducedinthelate1980sandpart

ofthe1990sduetocellphoneuse.

C.Cellphoneusersarelikelytobeinvolvedintrafficaccidents.

D.Theuseofcellphoneshasalife-savingeffectforpedestriansand

drivers.

39、Whatissaidaboutcellphoneuseinthemid-1980sinparagraph5?

A.Ithadalife-takingeffectbecausethereweren*tenoughcellphones

inusethen.

B.Theincreaseduseofcellphonesthencauseda"life-takingeffect.n

C.Trafficfatalitiesincreasedthenbecausethenumberofcellphones

inusedecreased.

D.Trafficfatalitiesdecreasedthenbecausethenumberofcellphones

inuseincreased.

40、WhichofthefollowingstatementsDOESNOTanswerthequestion"Whatcaused

the'life-savingeffect1tooccurintheearly1990s?11

A.Thereweremorecellphoneusersduringthatperiod.

B.Thenumberofcellphoneusersreachedabout100million.

C.Morecellphoneswereusedtocall911whenaccidentsoccurred.

D.Cellphonesenabledpeopletohavequickaccessto911services.

第—二曾

Birdsong

Amalezebrafinchchirpsawaytohimself.Suddenlyhenoticesafemale

birdnearby.Herealizeshehasanaudienceandimmediatelychangeshissong.

Canthefemaletellthedifferenceinhisperformance?Accordingtoanew

study,thefemalezebrafinchknows.Andsheprefersthespecialtrillshe

createswhenhesingstoher.Amalezebrafinchchangeshissongwhensinging

toafemaleinwaysthatpeoplecanbarelydetect.Butthefemalefinchcan

tellthedifference.

Scientistshadnoticedslightvariationsinthesongsofmalezebrafinches

basedonwhethertheyweresingingaloneorwhethertherewasafemale(and

potentialmate)nearby.Withanaudience,themalesspedupthepaceoftheir

songsandcontrolledthenotestheyused.

Forthisstudy,researchersSarahC.WoolleyandAllisonDoupeatthe

UniversityofCalifornia,SanFranciscodecidedtofocusattentiononthe

listeningfemales,whichhavenotbeenwellstudiedinthepast.

Inthestudy,WoolleyandDoupesetup,alongcagewithasoundspeaker

ateachend.Onebroadcastthesoundofamalezebrafinchsingingtohimself,

likesomeonesingingintheshower.Theotherspeakerbroadcastamaleperforming

forafemaleaudiencezasifhewasgivingaconcert.

Femalebirdswereplacedbetweenthetwospeakers.Someofthebirdshad

mateszothersdidn't.Thefemalesshiftedaroundabit,andthenmostof

themhoppedovertositbesidejustonespeaker.Allthebirdsthatmadea

clearchoicelikedsongsmeantforafemaleaudience,evenifthey1dnever

metthemale.

Matedfemalesalsohadachancetolistentotwodifferentperformance

songszonefromanunknownmale,andonefromtheirmate.Theyspentmore

timelisteningtotheconcertversionoftheirmates*songs.Thissuggests

thatafterawhile,femaleslearntorecognizeandpreferthesongsoftheir

mates.

Scientiststhenstudiedthebrainsofthefemales.Theyfoundcertainareas

ofthebrainperkedupwhenthebirdslistenedtotheconcertsongs.These

brainareasmaybeinvolvedinrecognizingandevaluatingthesongs,andstoring

thememoriesofthem.

Thisresearchdealswithwhat*scalleddirectedcommunication,whenthe

communicator,orsender,focusesthemessageforaspecificaudience.One

exampleisthewaymomsspeaktotheirbabies.Mothersaroundtheworlduse

thesamesortofhigh-pitchedsing-songchatter,andthebabiesrespondbest

tothosesounds.Songbirdsareoneoftheonlyotherspeciesknowntolearn

theircommunication,inthiscasetheirsongs.

41、Whatdoesthefirstparagraphsayaboutzebrafinches?

A.Malezebrafinchesliketosingtofemalezebrafinches.

B.Malezebrafinchessinglouderthanfemalezebrafinches.

C.Malezebrafincheschangetheirsongsinfemalezebrafinches1presence.

D.Malezebrafinchesliketolistentofemalezebrafinchessing.

42、Whatdidtheresearchers