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2009年度全国职称外语等级考试试卷
英 语
理工类C级
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’d very much like to know what your aim in life is.
A thought
B idea
C goal
D plan
2 The policemen acted quickly because lives were at stake
A in danger
B in difficulty
C in despair
D out of control
3 Practically all animals communicate either through sounds or through soundless codes.
A Certainly
B Probably
C Almost
D Absolutely
4 Mary rarely speaks to Susan
A slowly
B seldom
C weakly
D constantly
5 l’m working with a guy from London
A teacher
B student
C friend
D man
6 You’d better put these documents in a safe place
A dark
B secure
C guarded
D banned
7 The courageous boy has been the subject of massive media coverage
A extensive
B continuous
C instant
D quick
8 The town is famous for its magnificent buildings
A high-rise
B modern
C ancient
D splendid
9 The great change of the city astonished all the visitors
A surprised
B scared
C excited
D moved
10 Jack packed up all the things he had accumulated over the last ten years
A future
B far
C past
D near
11 Would you please call my husband as soon aa possible?
A visit
B phone
C consult
D invite
12 We had a long conversation about her parents.
A speech
B question
C talk
D debate
13 The chairman proposed that we stop the meeting
A stated
B announced
C demanded
D suggested
14 Obviously these people can be relied in a crisis
A lived on
B depended on
C believed in
D joined in
15 There is always excitement at the Olympic Games when an athlete.breaks a record
A beats
B maintains
C matches
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。
Radiocarbon Dating
Nowadays scientists can answer many questions about the past through a technique
called radiocarbon(放射性碳).or carbon-14,dating One key to understanding how and
why something happened is to discover when it happened
Radiocarbon dating was developedinthelatel940s by physicist Willard F Libby at
the University of Chicago An atom of ordinary carbon called carbon-12 has six protons
(质子)and six neutrons(中子)in its nucleus(原子核)Carbon-14,or C-14,is a radioactive unstable form of carbon that has two extra neutrons .It returns to e more stable form of carbon through a process called decay(衰减)This process involves the loss of the extra neutrons and energy from the nucleus
In Libby’s radiocarbon dating technique,the weak radioactive emissions(放射)from this decay process are counted by instruments such as a radiation detector and counter.The decay rate is used to determine the proportion of C-14 atoms in the sample being dated
Carbon-14 is produced in the Earth’s atmosphere when nitrogen(氨)-14.or N-14,interacts with cosmic rays(宇宙射线)Scientists believe since the Earth was formed,the amount of nitrogen in the atmosphere has remained constant Consequently,C-14 formation is thought to occur at a constant rate Now the ratio of C-14 to other carbon atoms in the atmosphere is known Most scientists agree that this ratio is useful for dating items back to at least 50.000 years
All life on Earth is made of organic molecules(分子)that contain carbon atoms coming from the atmosphere So all living things have about the same ratio of C-14 atoms to other carbon atoms in their tissues(组织)Once an organism(有机体)dies it stops taking in carbon in any form,and the C-14 already present begins to decay Over time the amount of C-14 in the material decreases and the ratio of C-14 to other carbon atoms goes down In terms of radiocarbon dating.the fewer C-14 atoms in a sample,the older that sample is.
16 Nowadays many scientists depend on radiocarbon for dating age-old objects
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
17 The radiocarbon dating technique is only about 40 years old
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
18 An atom of ordinary carbon has six protons and eight neutrons
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
19 Radar is used to determine the characteristics of radiocarbon
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
20 Radiocarbon is reliable in dating an object back to at least 50,000 years
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
21 When an organism dies.the C-14 in it begins to decay.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
22 The half-life of C-14 is about 25,000 years
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
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。
Meet Your Memory
1 Memory is something that cannot be seen,touched or weighed It is thought to be
abstract It is a set of skills rather than an object Neither is there a single standard for
Judging a good or poor memory There are a number of different ways in which a person
may have a‘good’memory.
2 Memory is generally viewed as consisting of three stages:(1)acquisition refers to
learning the material;(2)storage refers to keeping the material in the blain until it is
needed;and(3)retrieval(提取)refers to getting the material back out when it is needed
3 Memory consists of at least two different processes:short-term memory and long-term memory.Short-term memory has a limited capacity and a rapid forgetting rate Its capacity can be increased by chunking(组成大块),or grouping separate bits of information into larger chunks Long-term memory has an almost unlimited capacity
4 One measure of memory is recall,which requires you to produce information by searching the memory for it In aided recall.you are given cues(提示)to help you produce the information In free-recall learning you recall the material in any order;in serial learning you recall it in the order it was presented;and in paired-associate learning you learn pairs of words so that when the first word is given you can recall the second word A second measure of memory is recognition.in which you do not have to produce the information from memory ,but must be able to identify it when it is presented to you In a third measure of memory, relearning,the difference between how long it took to learn the material the first time and how long it takes to learn it again indicates how much you remember.Relearning is generally a more sensitive measure of memory than is recognition because relearning shows retention(保持)while recognition does not Recognition is generally a more sensitive measure than recall.
23 Paragraphl
24 Paragraph2
25 Paragraph3
26 Paragraph4
A Why do we forget things?
B How do we measure memory?
C What are the stages memory consists of?
D What is the difference between short-term memory and long-term memory?
E What is memory?
F Who may have a poor memory?
27 Remembering involves getting the material back out when it is
28 Grouping bits of information into larger chunks helps improve the capacity of our
29 Long-term memory has an almost unlimited capacity and a
30 As a measure of memory ,relearning is more sensitive than
A short-term memory
B relearning
C needed
D coded
E recognition
Fslow forgetting rate
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Light Night.Dark Stars
Thousands of people around the globe step outside to gaze at their night sky On a
clear night.with no clouds,moonlight,or artificial lights to block the view,people can see
more than 14,000 stars in the sky,says Dennis Ward.an astronomer(天文学家)with the
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research(UCAR)in Boulder.Cole But when
people are surrounded by city lights,he says,they’re lucky to see 150 stars.
If you’ve ever driven toward a big city at night and seen its glow from a great
distance,you’ve witnessed light pollution It occurs when light from streetlights.office
buildings,signs,and other sources streams into space and illuminates(照亮)the night
sky This haze(朦胧)of light makes many stars invisible to people on Earth Even at
night.big cities like New York glow from light pollution,making stargazing difficult
Dust and particles of pollution from factories and industries worsen the effects of
light pollution“If ore city has a lot more light pollution than another.”Ward says,"that city
will suffer the effects of light pollution on a much greater scale”
Hazy skies also make it far more difficult for astronomers to do their jobs
Cities are getting larger Suburbs are growing in once dark rural areas Light from all
this new development is increasingly obscuring(使变模糊)the faint(微弱的)light given
off by distant stars And if scientists can’t locate these objects they can’t learn more
about them
Light pollution doesn’t only affect star visibility It can harm wildlife too It's clear that
artificial light can attract animals,making them go off course There’s increasing
evidence,for example,that migrating(迁徙)birds use sunsets and sunrises to help find
their way.says Sydney Gauthreaux Jr.a scientist at Clemson University in South
Carolina. “When light occurs at night,”he says,“it has a very disruptive(破坏性的)
Influence.” Sometimes birds fly into lighted towers high-rises and cables from radio and
television towers Experts estimate that millions of birds die this way every year.
31 On a clear night.people can see
A 150 stars
B hundreds of stars
C one thousand stars
D more than 14,000 stars
32 Light pollution occurs when
A artificial lights illuminate the night sky
B the moon lights up the night sky
C too many stars are visible in the night sky.
D streetlights are turned off
33 Nowadays even suburbs are becoming unsuitable for scientists to do their jobs
because
A the night sky there is too dark
B the once dark areas are also polluted by fights.
C these areas are not polluted by chemicals
D these areas are less developed
34 How does light pollution affect wildlife?
A Animals may go off course
B It helps migrating birds find their homes
C Animals are afraid to go out after sunset
D It helps birds fall asleep
35 The title“Light Night,Dark Stars”means
A the night sky is brightly lit up and stars are black
B lights appear at night and stars are seen in the dark
C city lights at night illuminate stars in the sky
D city lights illuminate the night sky.making stars invisible
第二篇Shopping at Second-hand Clothing Stores
When 33-year-old Pete Barth was in college,shopping at second—hand clothing
stores was just something he did-“like changing the tires on his car’’He looked at his
budget and decided he could save a lot of money by shopping for clothes at thrift shops
“Even new clothes are fairly disposable(用后即丢掉的)and wear out after a couple
Of years”Barth said“In thrift shops,you can find some great stuff whose quality is better
than new clothes”
Since then Barth.who works at a Goodwill thrift shop in the US state of Florida.has
found that there are all kinds of reasons for shopping for second—hand clothing Some
people.1ike him,shop to save money Some shop for a crazy-looking shirt And some
shop as a means of conserving energy and helping the environment
Pat Akins an accountant at a Florida Salvation Army(SA)(救世军)thrift shop,said
that.for her.shopping at thrift shops is a way to help the environment
"When my daughter was little,we looked at it as recycling,“Akins said“Also,why
pay 30 dollars for a new coat when you can get another one for a lot less?”
Akins said that the SA has shops an over the US-“some as big as department
Stores.”All of the clothes are donated(捐赠),and when they have a surplus(盈余),they’ll
have“ stuff a bag” specials where customers can fi1l a grocery sack with clothes for only
5 or l0 dollars
Julia Slocum,22,points out,however ,that the huge amount of second-hand clothing
in the US is the result of American wastefulness
“l,d say that second-hand stores are the result of our wasteful,materialistic culture,”
said Slocum.who works for a pro-conservation organization,the Center for a New
American Dream. “Thrift shops prevent that waste from going to landfills(垃圾填埋场);
They give clothing s second life,provide cheaper clothing for those who can’t afford to buy
new ones and generate(生成)income for charities They also provide a way for the
wealthy and middle classes to shed(摆脱)some of the guilt for their level of consumption”.
36 Which statement about Barth is NOT true?
A He is 33 years old now.
B He works at e Goodwill thrift shop
C He works at a Salvation Army thrift shop
D He was a college student many years ago
37 When Barth was a college student he often shopped at thrift shops
A to save money
B to save energy
C to help the environment
D to make friends with poor people
38 What does Akins do?
A She is a soldier.
B She js an accountant
C She ls a saleswoman
D She is e road sweeper
39 Thrift shops can do ever EXCEPT
A give clothing a second life
B generate income for charities
C provide cheaper clothes for the poor
D stop rich people from wasting money
40 The word “thrift ”in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by
A charity
B one dollar.
C first class
D two dollars
第三篇Water
The second most important constituent(构成成份)of the biosphere(生物圈)is liquid
water, This can only exist in a very narrow range of temperatures,since water freezes at
0°C and boils at 100°C Life as we know it would only be possible on the surface of a
Planet which had temperatures somewhere within this narrow range
The earth’s supply of water probably remains fairly constant in quantity The total
quantity of water is not known very accurately, but it is about enough to cover the surface
of the globe to a depth of about two and three-quarter kilometers Most of it is in the form
of the salt water of the oceans-about97 per cent The rest is fresh,but three-quarters of
this is in the form of ice at the Poles and on mountains and cannot be used by living
systems until melted Of the remaining fraction。which is somewhat less than one per
cent of the whole.there is 10-20 times as much stored underground water as there is
actually on the surface There is also a tiny, but extremely important fraction of the water
supply which is present as water vapour in the atmosphere
Water vapour in the atmosphere is the channel through which the whole water
circulation(循环)of the biosphere has to pass Water evaporated(蒸发)from the surface
of the oceans, from lakes and rivers and from moist(潮湿的)earth is added to it From it
the water comes out again as rain or snow.falling on either the sea or the land There is,
as might be expected,a more intensive evaporation per unit area over the sea and
oceans than over the land.but there is more rainfall over the land than over the oceans
and the balance is restored by the runoff from the land in the form of rivers
41 Liquid water only exists
A in the center of the earth
B on the surface of our planet
C in a very narrow range of temperatures
D in the coastal areas of the earth
42 The total quantity of water on Earth
A remains almost unchanged
B has greatly increased in recent years
C is decreasing constantly
D is affected by global warming
43 Most of the flesh water on Earth
A is stored underground
B Is in the form of ice at the Poles and on mountains
C is found in rivers and lakes
D comes from the rain
44 The word “fraction” in the second paragraph means
A a very small amount
B a large area
C an important system
D a major source of information
45 There is more rainfall
A over the mountains than over the rivers
B over the rivers than over the mountains
C over the oceans than over the land
D over the land than over the oceans
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。
A Bad ldea
Think you can walk,drive,take phone calls,e-mail and listen to music at the same
time? Well,New York’s new law says you can’t (46)the law went into
force last month.following research and a shocking number of accidents that involved
people using electronic gadgets (小巧机械) when crossing the street
Who’s to blame? (47)”We are under the impression that our ,brain can
do more than it often can.”says Rend Marcia,a neuroscientist(神经科学家)in
Tennessee. “But a core limitation is the inability to concentrate on two things at once“
The young people are often considered the great multitaskers (48)A
group of 18-to 21-year-olds and a group of 35-to 39-year-olds were given 90 seconds to
translate images into numbers.using a simple code (49)But when both
groups were interrupted by a phone call or an instant message,the older group matched
the younger group in speed and accuracy.
It is difficult to measure the productivity lost by multitaskers.But it is probably a lot
Jonathan Spira.chief analyst at Basex,a business-research firm.estimates the cost of
interruptions to the American economy at neariy$650 billion a year. (50)
Th0 surveys concludethat28 percent of the workers’time Was spent on interruptions and
recovery time before they returned to their main tasks
A Talking on a cellphone while driving brings you joy anyway.
B The estimate is based on surveys with office workers
C The younger group did 10 percent better when not interrupted
D However, an Oxford University research suggests this perception is open to question
E Scientists say that our multitasking(多任务处理)abilities are limited
F And you’ll befined$100ifyou do so on a New York City street
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。
One Good Reason to Let Smallpox Live
It's now a fair bet that we will never see the total extinction(灭绝)of the smallpox(女
花)virus When smallpox was completely get rid of in the world scientists wanted to
(51)the killer virus in the last two labs-one in the US and one in Russia
1 hey asked:If smallpox has truly gone from the planet, (52)point was there
in keeping these reserves?
In reality, of course.it was naïve to (53)that everyone would let go of
such a powerful potential weapon.Undoubtedly several nations still have
(54)vials(小药瓶)And the last“official”stocks of live virus bred mistrust of
The US and Russia. (55)no obvious gain
Now American researchers have (56)an animal model of the human
disease.opening the (57)for tests on new treatments and vaccines(疫苗)
So once again there’s a good reason to (58)the virus-just in
(59)the disease puts in a reappearance
How do we (60)with the mistrust of the US and Russia?
(61)Keep the virus (62)international support in a
Well-guarded UN laboratory that’s open to all countries The US will object,of course,Just
as_it (63)a multilateral(多边的)approach to just about everything But it
doesn’t mean the idea is (64)If the virus is useful,then let,s
(65)it the servant of all humanity—not just a part of it
51 A destroy B improve C change D transport
52 A which B that C this D what
53 A know B realize C imagine D understand
54 A more B few C a few D a Iot
55 A in B for C at D of
56 A missed B held C found D checked
57 A way B road C route D method
58 A put B keep C remove D study
59 A need 13 time C fact D case
60 A handle B tackle C treat D deal
61 A Simple B Open C Safe D Possible
62 A for B in C on D with
63 A adopts B rejects C suggests D introduces
64 A difficult B clear C wrong D correct
65 A take B do C make D as
2009年职称英语真题理工类C级参考答案:
第一部分 词汇题:
aim– goal (C)
at stake--- in danger (A)
practically ---almost(C)
rarely --- seldom (B)
guy --- man (D)
safe---secure (B)
massive --- extensive (A)
magnificent --- splendid (D)
astonished – surprised (A)
last ---past (C)
call ---phone (B)
conversation --- talk (C)
proposed --- suggested (D)
relied on --- depended on (B