职称英语理工类a级模拟9

职称英语理工类A级模拟9

第1部分：词汇选项

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。

1>Theteamusuallywearshirtswithredandwhiteverticalstripes.

A.horizontalB.wavy

C.diagonalD.upright

2、Hedescribedtheshapeofthepotwithacircularmotionofhishand.

A.shapedB.gravitational

C,squareD.round

3、Wethoughtthearrangementwaspermanentzbutapparentlyitwasn't.

A.everlastingB.regular

C.temporaryD.full-time

4、Theauthor1scousinHarryquiteclearlyhadaratherweirdsenseofhumour.

A.fancifulB.eerie

C.strangeD.outlandish

5、TheMinisteradmittedunwillinglythathisDepartmenthadbeenHremiss".

A.assentedB.acceded

C•concededD.concurred

6、Mothertoldmetotakeanumbrellawithme；itmightcomeinhandy,shesaid.

A.beconvenientB.beuseful

C.getcloudyD.startraining

7、Itisalevelthatmustextendbeyondpurelybiologicalneedstocom—rise

asetofindispensablemachinesandsocialinteractions.

A.consistB.surround

C.encompassD.confine

8、Inaworldinwhichhungerremainsprevalentfmachinesandorganizations

holdthekeytoproducingmorefoodanddistributingitequitably.

A.rampantB.disorderly

C.trendyD.conventional

9、Formanyyearsthepoorwomanwasavirtualprisonerinherownhome.

A.arealprisonerB.aprisonerbylaw

C.anunrealprisonerD.ineffectaprisoner

10、Thenewdentistismuchbetterthanhispredecessor.

A.hispreviousbossB.hisancestor

C.thepreviousdentistD.hisforefather

11>Couldyoucondensealltheworthwhileinformationinthisbookintoafew

pages?

A.compressB.collect

C.combineD.convert

12>Inthenearfuturewecanlookformorewomeninleadershiproles.

A.observeB.engage

C.chooseD.expect

13>Thesynergyofhumanszsocietyandmachinesisthefundmentalcauseof

theunparalleledmaterialprosperityofmanynations.

A.unpopularB.unpredictable

C.unquestionab1eD.unprecedented

14、Machinesaredesignedtohelprestoreourintrinsicsystemofchecksand

balancesofourbiology.

A.geneticB.innate

C.internalD.inert

15、Webecomesusceptibletothemoodsandfeelingszthebehaviorandtreatment

ofourspouse,

A.responsibleB.suspicious

C.committedD.vulnerable

第2部分：阅读判断

阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出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

句的信息文章中没有提及，请选择C。

Experimentshavebeencarriedoutonvolunteerstoseewhathappenswhen

allsensationsarestopped.Thiscanbedoneinseveralways.Onemethodis

toputamaninsideacompletelyisolatedroom.Thisroomisheavilysound-proofed

andabsolutelydark.Thereisnolightorsoundandthepersonisinstructed

justtoliemotionlessinabed.Peoplehavestayedinroomssuchasthis

foraslongasfourdays.Theresultsofsensorydeprivation（SD.varywith

theindividual.

Soonafterenteringtheconfinementcellmostsubjectswenttosleepand

sleptalmostwithoutinterruptionfortentotwenty-fourhours.Theseare

grossestimatesfortherewasnothingbywhichthesubjectscoulddetermine

thetimewhichhadelapsed.Weknowforcertainthatonesubjectsleptfor

nineteenhoursbutinsistedthathehadhadanapoflessthanonehour.According

tothemonitoringmicrophone,whichwascapableofpickingupthedeepbreathing

ofsleep,itseemsmorelikelythatmostsubjectssleptallofthefirst

twenty-fourhours.

Wefeltthatsomuchsleepinginthefirstdaywastedtheeffectsof

confinement,sowestartedplacingsubjectsinSDearlyinthemorning.We

reasonedthatafteranight1ssleepourconfinedsubjectwouldbeunable

todissipate（驱散）theeffectsofSDbysleeping.Suchwasnotthecase.As

faraswecoulddeterminetheywenttosleepjustasquicklyandsleptjust

aslongastheprevioussubjects.Wethenstartedenteringthesubjectsat

midmorning,midday,andmidafternoon.Asitturnedout,itmadenodifference

whenduringthedayand,presumably,duringthenightwestartedtheconfinement；

theinitialsleepperiodwasalwaysaboutthesame.

Wehadnotexpectedthisextendedperiodofinitialsleep.Infact,it

hadseemedreasonabletoexpectsomethingoftheopposite.SDwasaverynovel

situationforoursubjectszandassuch,wereasoned,itshouldhaveoccupied

themforsometime.Ihadasimilarexpectationforastronautsduringspace

flightandwasgreatlysurprisedtolearnthattheRussianastronautYuri

Gagarinhadbeenabletosleepduringhisspaceflightaroundtheearth.

Othereffectswerealsonoted.Withnorealsensationstoworkon,the

brainmakesupallsortsoffalseinformation.Manypeopleexperiencevivid

dreamsandhallucinations（幻觉）.Whentheyarefinallytakenoutoftheroom

intotherealchangingworldoflightandsound,theyareinaverystrange

stateofmind,readytobelieveanythingandnotreallyabletomakedecisions.

16>Thispassageismainlyaboutwhatwillhappenifsensationswerelost.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

17>Totalsensorydeprivationmeansthatthebrainhasnorealinformation

to.workon.

A.RightB.WrongC.Not

mentioned

18、Allthepeoplereactinthesamewaytosensorydeprivation.

A.RightB.WrongC.Not

mentioned

19>Microphonesareusedtocontrolthebreathingofsubjects.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

20、Manypeoplearesubjecttofantasywhileinthesensorydeprivationcell.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

21NIttookalongtimeforthesubjectstoadaptthemselvestosensory

deprivation.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

22、Aperiodofsensorydeprivationwouldmakeamonkeyhardtocontrol.

A.RightB.WrongC.Not

mentioned

第3部分：概括大意与完成句子

阅读下面这篇短文，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

规定段每段选择1个正确的小标题；⑵第27〜30题要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确

选项，分别完成每个句子。

Whileapersonalcomputershouldcontinuetoperformpredictablyforyears,

veteranWindowsusersknowalltoowellthatsysteminstabilityisafact

oflife.Yetyoucanminimizetheglitchesthatyouexperiencewithyourcomputer

byheedingthetipsbelow.

2.IfyourunWindows98orWindowsMillennium,yourcomputershouldhave

atleast128megabytes(MB.ofRAM--andmoreifyoufindthatyourharddrive

ischurningalotasyouworkwithyourapplications.Youcanalsogetby

with128MBofRAMifyouuseWindowsNTorWindows2000,buttheseoperating

systemswillrunmuchmoresmoothlyifyouhave256MBofRAMormore.

3.Betasoftware,byitsverynature,ispre-releasesoftware—meaningthat

itstillhassignificantknownbugs(ordefects).Thesamegoes,unfortunately,

formanysharewareprograms.Theauthorsofsharewareprograms,typically,

havemuchlesstimeandfewerresourcesavailablefortestingtheirprograms.

Consequently,it1sfarmorecommontofindsharewaresoftwarethatisbuggy.

4.No-namehardwaresmaybecheaperandsometimesjustasgoodasname-brand

products,butname-brandproductsusuallybecamewell-knownbecauseoftheir

reliability.It*salsowisetobuyproductsfromreputablecompaniesbecause

Windowswillmoreoftensupportthehardwarethatyoupurchase.Ifyouare

startingoutwithcomputers,it*salsoagoodideatobuyready-madesystems

frommajormanufacturers.Thesearelikelytohavetestedthoroughlywith

youroperatingsystem,andyouwillgenerallyexperiencefewerproblems.

5.Nomatterhowwellyoursystemrunswhenyougetit,thedaywillcome

whenitwillneedtobereplaced.Hopefully,youwillreplaceitbecausethe

technologyhasbecomeoutdated,butyoumayneedtoreplaceitalsobecause

theharddrivecrashesoryoubeginexperiencingproblemsthatnoonecan

figureout.That1swhyit1simportanttobackupyourimportantfilesregularly.

WhetheryouuseatapebackupdeviceoraCD-RWdrive,it*simportanttomap

outaregularbackupscheduleandtosticktoit.

23>Paragraph2

24、Paragraph3

25>Paragraph4

26>Paragraph5

A.YouShouldEnsureThatYouHaveAsMuchMemory(RAM)inYourPCAsYou

Need

B.DoPrepareforDisaster

C.KeepingaPCRunningSmoothlyIsVeryDifficult

D.MakeSureYouBuyGoodHardware

E.AvoidInstallingBeta(试用自版)SoftwareAndSharewareSoftware

F.Install*aslittlesoftwareaspossible

27>Beforeyouuseacomputersystem,youshouldknow.

28>Whenaharddiskgetstoofullz.

29、Tosavedata,itisagoodideaalwaysto.

30、Manysharewareprogramsarebuggybecause.

A.thecomputerwillslowdown

B.tofixsomethingthatisn*tbroken

C.howtokeepyourPCstable

D.copyfilesfromtheharddiskontotwosetsoffloppydisks

E.yoursystemisrunningwell

F.theauthorshavemuchlesstimefor,testingtheirprograms

第4部分：阅读理解

下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，每题后面有4个选项。请仔细阅读短文并根据短

文回答其后面的问题，从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。

HIdlespeculation"hasnoplaceinscience,but"speculation*1isitsvery

lifeblood,awe11knownphysicistbelieves.

Themorefundamentalandfar-reachingascientifictheoryis,themore

speculativeitislikelytobe.Itiserroneoustobelievethatscienceis

onlyconcernedwith"purefacts"zformereaccumulationoffactsisaprimitive

formofscience.Amaturesciencetriestoarrangefactsinsignificantpatterns

toseerelationshipsbetweenpreviouslyunrelatedaspects*oftheuniverse.

Atheorythatdoesnotsuggestnewwaysoflookingattheuniverseisnot

likelytomakeanimportantcontributiontothedevelopmentofscience.However

itisalsoimportantthattheoriesarecheckedbynewexperimentsand

observations.

Dr.Ovendendiscussesrecentdiscoveriesinbiology,chemistry,and

,physicsthatgivecluestothepossibilityoflifeinthesolarsystemand

otherstarsystems.HediscussesconditionsonMars,Venus,Jupiter,andSaturn,

andconsiderswhetherornotthesameconditionsmaybefoundonplanetsof

otherstars.

OnlytheplanetsVenus,Earth,andMarsliewithinthetemperaturezone,

about75,000,000mileswideinwhichlifecanexist.Venusiscoveredby

adenselayerofcloudswhichpermitnoobservationofthesurface,andthe

surfacetemperatureoftheplanetisnotknown.

MarsiscolderthanEarth,theaveragetemperaturebeingaboutminus40

degreesFahrenheit,comparedwithplus59degreesFahrenheitastheaverage

forearth.HoweverneartheMarspolesduringthesummerseason,temperatures

mayrisetoasmuchas70degreesFahrenheitzwhereaswintertemperatures

mayfalltominus130degreesFahrenheit.

BecauseoftheextremedifferenceintheMartian（火星的）seasons,theonly-

lifeformsexpectedtoexistzwithoutabuilt-in（内在的，固有的）temperature

controlsuchaswarm-bloodedanimalsandhumanshave,arethosewhichwould

stayinactivemostoftheyear.

Attemptshavebeenmadetodetectinthespectrumofthedarkmarkings

onMars,theabsorptionlinesduetochlorophyll.Sofarthetesthasnot

succeeded.ButtheinfraredspectrumoftheMartianmarkingshasbeenfound

tobeverysimilartothespectrumofearthvegetationwhenstudiedathigh

altitudes.

31>Life,asweknowit,mostlikelywouldexistonMarsnearits

A.polesB.equator

C.centerD.canals

32、Accordingtotheauthor,lifecannotexiston_______.

A.VenusB.Earth

C.MarsD.Saturn

33>Amaturescience

A.presentspurefacts

B.disregardsspeculativethinking

C.looksforsignificantpatternsinthefacts

D.usesidlespeculationsaslife-blood

34、DrOvendenmakesuseofdiscoveriesinbiology,chemistryandphysics

todeveloptheoriesabout_______.

A.speculativethinking

B.theexistenceoflifeinthesolarsystem

C.astronomy

D.newexperimentsandobservations

35、"Speculationisscience1sverylife-blood"meansthatscientists.

A.aregamblersonscience

B.mustformopinionsaboutthedatatheygather

C.mustconcernthemselveswithprovablefacts

D.mustunderstandallsciences

弟一^扁

Certainlynocreatureintheseaisodderthanthecommonseacucumber（海

参）.Alllivingcreatures,especiallyhumanbeings,havetheirpeculiarities,

buteverythingaboutthelittleseacucumberseemsunusual.Whatelsecan

besaidaboutanoddanimalthat,amongothereccentricities,eatsmud,feeds

almostcontinuouslydayandnightbutcanlivewithouteatingforlongperiodsz

andcanbepoisonoushutisconsideredsupremelyediblebygourmets（美食家）?

Forsomefiftymillionyears,despiteallitseccentricitieszthesea

cucumberhassubsistedonitsdietofmud.Itisadaptableenoughtolive

attachedtorocksbyitstubefeet,underrocksinshallowwater,oronthe

surfaceofmudfiats.CommonincoolwateronbothAtlanticandPacificshores,

ithastheabilitytosuckup.mudorsandanddigestwhatevernutrientsare

present.

Seacucumberscomeinavarietyofcolors,rangingfromblacktoreddish-brown

tosandcolorandnearlywhite.Oneformevenhadvividpurpletentacles.Usually

thecreaturesarecucumbers-shaped——hencetheirname——andbecausetheyare

typicallyrockinhabitants,thisshape,combinedwithflexibility,enables

themtosqueezeintonarrowcrackswheretheyaresafefrompredatorsand

oceancurrents.

Althoughtheyhavevoraciousappetites,eatingdayandnight,seacucumbers

havethecapacitytobecomeinactiveandliveatalowmetabolicratefeeding

sparinglyornotatallforlongperiods,sothatthemarineorganismsthat

providetheirfoodhaveachancetomultiply.Ifitwerenotforthisfaculty,

theywoulddevourallthefoodavailableinashorttimeandwouldprobably

starvethemselvesout1ofexistence.

Butthemostspectacularthingabouttheseacucumberisthewayitdefends

itself.Itsmajorenemiesarefishandcrabs,whenattacked,itsquirtsall

itsinternalorgansintothewater.Italsocastsoffattachedstructures

suchastentacles.Theseacucumberwilleviscerate排除内脏）andregenerate

itselfifitisattackedoreventouched；itwilldothesameifthesurrounding

watertemperatureistoohighorifthewaterbecomestoopolluted.

36、Thepassageismainlyabout.

A.thereasonfortheseacucumber1sname

B.waystoidentifytheseacucumber

C.placeswheretheseacucumbercanbefound

D.thepeculiaritiesthatmaketheseacucumberunusual

37、Accordingtothepassage,theshapeofseacucumberisimp6rtantbecause

A.ithelpsthemtodigesttheirfood

B.ithelpsthemtoprotectthemselvesfromdanger

C.itmakesiteasierforthemtomovethroughthemud

D.itmakesthemattractivetofish

38、Thefourthparagraphofthepassageprimarilydiscusses

A.thereproductionofseacucumbers

B.thefoodsourcesofseacucumbers

C.theeatinghabitsofseacucumbers

D.threatstoseacucumber1sexistence

39、Whichofthefollowingcharacteristicsoftheseacucumberseemstofascinate

theauthormost?

A.Whattheseacucumberdoeswhenthreatened.

B.Wheretheseacucumberlives.

C.Howtheseacucumberhidesfrompredators.

D.Whattheseacucumbereats.

40、Whatcanbeinferredaboutthedefensemechanismsoftheseacucumber?

A.Theyareverysensitivetosurroundingstimuli.

B.Theyaresimilartothoseofmostseacreatures.

C.Theyarecompletelydefenselesswhenattacked.

D.Theyareintelligentseacreatures.

第也二—篇

Itisoftenclaimedthatnuclearenergyissomethingwecannotdowithout.

Weliveinaconsumersocietywherethereisanenormousdemandforcommercial

productsofallkinds.Moreover,anincreaseinindustrialproductionis

consideredtobeonesolutiontotheproblemofmassunemployment.Suchan

increasepresumesanabundantandcheapenergysupply.Manypeoplebelieve

thatnuclearenergyprovidesaninexhaustibleandeconomicalsourceofpower

andthatitisthereforeessentialforanindustriallydevelopingsociety.

Thereareanumberofotheradvantagesintheuseofnuclearenergy.Firstly,

nuclearpower,exceptforaccidentszisclean.Afurtheradvantageisthat

anuclearpowerstationcanberunandmaintainedbyrelativelyfewtechnical

andadministrativestaff.Thenuclearreactorrepresentsanenormousstep

inourscientificevolutionand,whatevertheanti-nucleargroupsayszit

iswrongtoexpectareturntomoreprimitivesourcesoffuel.However,opponents

ofnuclearenergypointoutthatnuclearpowerstationsbringadirectthreat

notonlytotheenvironmentbutalsotocivilliberties.

Furthermore,itisquestionablewhetherultimatelynuclearpowerisacheap

sourceofenergy.Therehave,forexample,beenverycostlyaccidentsin

America,inBritainand,ofcourse,inRussia.Thepossibilityofincreases

inthecostofuranium（铀）inadditiontothecostofgreatersafetyprovisions

couldpricenuclearpoweroutofthemarket.Inthelongrun,environmentalists

argue,nuclearenergywastesvaluableresourcesanddisturbstheecologyto

anextentwhichcouldbringaboutthedestructionofthehumanrace.Thus,

ifwewishto.survive,wecannotaffordnuclearenergy.Inspiteofthecase

againstnuclearenergyout1inedabove,nuclearenergyprogrammesareexpanding.

Suchanexpansionassumesacontinualgrowthinindustrialproductionand

consumerdemands.However,itisdoubtfulwhetherthisgrowth,willorcan

continue.Havingweigheduptheargumentsonbothsides,itseemsthereare

goodeconomicandecologicalreasonsforsourcesofenergyotherthannuclear

power.

41NThewriter1sattitudetowardnuclearenergyis.

A.indifferentB.tolerant

C.favorableD.negative

42、Accordingtotheopponentsofnuclearenergy,whichofthefollowingis

trueofnuclearenergy?

A.Primitive.B.Cheap.

C.Exhaustible.D.Unsafe.

43、Somepeopleclaimthatnuclearenergyisessentialbecause.

A.itprovidesaperfectsolutiontomassunemp1oyment

B.itrepresentsanenormousstepforwardinourscientificevolution

C.itcanmeetthegrowingdemandofanindustriallydevelopingsociety

D.nuclearpowerstationscanberunandmaintainedbyrelativelyfew

technicalandadadministrativestaff

44、Whichofthefollowingstatementsdoesthewritersupport?

A.Thedemandforcommercialproductswillnotnecessarilykeep

increasing.

B.Nuclearenergyissomethingwecannotdowithout.

C•Uraniumisagoodsourceofenergyforeconomicandecologicalreasons.

D.Greatersafetyprovisionscanbringabouttheexpansionofnuclear

energyprogrammes.

45、Thefunctionofthelastsentenceisto.

A.advancethefinalargument

B.reflectthewriter'sattitude

C.reversepreviou