全国专业技术人员职称英语等级考试【综合类A级模拟题】

　　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个与划线部分意义最相近的词或短语。答案一律涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

　　1. It was hard to say why the man deserved such shabby treatment.

　　A) unforgettable

　　B) unbelievable

　　C) unfair

　　D) unthinkable

　　2. The curious look from the strangers around her made her feel uneasy.

　　A) difficult

　　B) worried

　　C) anxious

　　D) unhappy

　　3. It is said that the houses along this street will soon be demolished.

　　A) pulled down

　　B) rebuilt

　　C) renovated

　　D) whitewashed

　　4. The advertising company was surprised by the adverse public reaction to the poster.

　　A) delayed

　　B) quick

　　C) positive

　　D) unfavorable

　　5. He began his talk by giving a concise definition of post-modernism.

　　A) long and detailed

　　B) short and clear

　　C) comprehensive

　　D) professional

　　6. The staff of the company are always courteous and helpful.

　　A) efficient

　　B) respectable

　　C) well-informed

　　D) respectful

　　7. The new job will provide you with invaluable experience.

　　A) simply useless

　　B) really practical

　　C) very little

　　D) extremely useful

　　8. The whole idea to build a deluxe hotel here sounds insane to me.

　　A) reasonable

　　B) sensible

　　C) crazy

　　D) unbelievable

　　9. In his two-hour-long lecture he made an exhaustive analysis of the issue.

　　A) extremely thorough

　　B) long and boring

　　C) superficial

　　D) unconvincing

　　10. We all think that the new device he has proposed is ingenious.

　　A) effective

　　B) clever

　　C) implausible

　　D) original

　　11. Reading the job ad, he wondered whether he was eligible to apply for it.

　　A) competitive

　　B) diligent

　　C) qualified

　　D) competent

　　12 He impressed all his colleagues as a vigorous man in the prime of his career.

　　A) hot-tempered

　　B) healthy

　　C) friendly

　　D) patient

　　13. Not all member States abided by the principle they had agreed on previously.

　　A) adhered to

　　B) abandoned

　　C) applied

　　D) adopted

　　14. Examination papers of the class were marked without bias.

　　A) immediately

　　B) correctly

　　C) fairly

　　D) carefully

　　15. The construction of the railway is said to have been terminated.

　　A) resumed

　　B) put an end to

　　C) suspended

　　D) re-scheduled

　　第2部分：阅读判断（第16～22题，每题1分，共7分）

　　阅读下面这篇短文，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，请在答题卡上把A涂黑；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请在答题卡上把B涂黑；如果该句的信息文章中没有提及，请在答题卡上把Ｃ涂黑。

　　Mothers and matchmakers (媒人) have always known that not being married is a definite health hazard. But when a team of researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, reported a few weeks ago that middle-aged men without wives were actually twice as likely to die during a 10-year span (全长) as men with wives, the espoused and the spouseless alike stooped to take notice. It was the kind of news that swept through offices and watering holes and it made people feel smug ( 自鸣得意)or anxious, depending on their circumstances. Now the researchers who conducted the study are trying to find out what accounted for （说明，解释） the dramatic differences in survival rates.

　　The investigators, headed by UCSF associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics (生物统计学) Maradee A. Davis, had set out to examine the effect of various living arrangements on mortality. Because of the buffering social support marriage is known to provide, Davis and her colleagues fully expected to find that men and women dwelling alone fared (生活，进展) worst in survival rates. It came as some surprise, however, that in their study population, subjects who shared living quarters with people other than a spouse had the same lower survival rates as those who lived by themselves. “ The critical factor,” Davis says, “ seems to be the presence of a spouse.”

　　The lower survival rates for the spouseless were found primarily in men who were widowed, separated or divorced, rather than in those who had never been married. Davis and her colleagues have already eliminated certain health factors as causes of higher mortality by adjusting their data to discount the effects of smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity and lack of exercise. Now they will look more closely at a variety of other considerations, such as blood pressure, cholesterol levels and chronic illnesses.

　　Sex roles: While many middle-aged men now know the difference between a cheese grater and a garlic press, nutrition may still account for some of the California study’s findings. Previous research by Davis’s team showed that unmarried men even if they lived with other people ate less healthy diets than married men. “ Traditional sex roles have meant that men aren’t as well informed as women about nutritional shopping and food preparation.” Says Davis.

　　Emotional and social factors probably also played a role in higher mortality among the spouseless men. The San Francisco researchers will examine a randomly selected subgroup of their study population for more detailed medical data, and they’ll look at a trait (特征) they call “ general well-being”. This focuses on subjectively reported feelings and moods, rather than specific psychological symptoms. The researchers will analyze questionnaires that asked how frequently the men felt worried, nervous or poorly rested. But the team will also look at the causes of death; if the men without wives show higher rates of suicide or fatal accidents, it is likely that emotional stress contributed to ( 可助于，促使) their higher mortality rate.

　　Davis has already discovered that the married men reported a significantly higher level of well-being than those who weren’t married. So perhaps the explanation for their longer survival isn’t really so complicated. Because they are cared for by nurturing wives, they just plain feel happier than the other guys do. And what better reason than that for staying alive?

　　16. Environmental factors affect our health in important way.

　　A Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　17. The various living arrangements won’t affect mortality.

　　A Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　18. Nutrition is a main factor for a man to live longer.

　　A Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　19. Men who were widowed had a survival rate as low as those who had never been married.

　　A Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　20. Emotional and social factors also played a role in higher mortality among the spouseless men.

　　A Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　21. Happy-feeling is the best reason for men to stay alive.

　　A Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　22. The pessimist’s feeling of helplessness undermines the body’s immune system.

　　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）

　　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个选项中为第2～5段每段选择1个正确的小标题；（2）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。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

Albert Einstein’s Brain

　　1. It doesn’t take an Einstein to recognize that Albert Einstein’s brain was very different from yours and mine. The gray matter housed inside that shaggy head managed to revolutionize our concepts of time, space, motion -- the very foundations of physical reality---not just once but several times during his astonishing career. Yet while there clearly had to be something remarkable about Einstein’s brain, the pathologist who removed it from the great physicist’s skull after his death reported that the organ was, to all appearances, well within the normal range-- no bigger or heavier than anyone else’s.

　　2. But a new analysis of Einstein’s brain by Canadian scientists, reported in the current Lancet, reveals that it has some distinctive physical characteristics after all. A portion of the brain that governs mathematical ability and spatial reasoning --- two key ingredients to the sort of thinking Einstein did best ---- was significantly larger than average and may also have had more interconnections among its cells, which could have allowed them to work together more effectively.

　　3. In 1996, Harvey gave much of his data and a significant fraction of the tissue itself to Dr. Sandra Witelson, a neuroscientist who maintains a “ brain bank” at McMaster for comparative studies of brain structure and function. These normal, undiseased brains, willed to science by people whose intelligence had been carefully measured before death, gave witelson a solid set of benchmarks against which to measure the seat of Einstein’s brilliant thoughts. Not only was Einstein’s inferior parietal region unusually bulky the scientists found, but a feature called the Sylvian fissure was much smaller than average. Without this groove that normally slices through the tissue, the brain cells were packed close together, permitting more interconnections --- which in principle can permit more cross-referencing of information and idea, leading to great leaps of insight.

　　4. That’s the idea, anyway. But while it’s quite plausible according to current neurological theory, that doesn’t necessarily make it true. We know Einstein was a genius, and we now know that his brain was physically different from the average. But none of this proves a cause-and-effect relationship. “ What you really need,” says McLean’s Benes, “ is to look at the brains of a number of mathematical geniuses to see if the same abnormalities are present.”

　　5. Even if they are, it’s possible that the bulked-up brains are a result of strenuous mental exercise, not an inherent feature that makes genius possible. Bottom line: we still don’t know whether Einstein was born with an extraordinary mind or whether he earned it , one brilliant idea at a time.

　　23. Paragraph 1 _________.

　　24. Paragraph 2_________.

　　25. Paragraph 3 _________.

　　26. Paragraph 5 __________.

　　A.The information

　　B.The different in structure

　　C.The conclusion

　　D.The research in Einstein’s brain

　　E.Normal brain in size and weight.

　　27. Einstein’s brain __________.

　　28. We don’t know whether Einstein __________.

　　29. The structure of brain _____________.

　　30. While it is quite plausible, ___________.

　　A.that doesn’t necessarily make it true.

　　B. the cells of mathematics

　　C. was born with an extraordinary mind or he earned it

　　D. allow the cells work together more effectively

　　E. is same as the average’s

　　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，每道题后面都有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个最佳答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

第一篇

A Hearing Test

　　A hearing test that analyzes brain waves for subconscious responses to sound has recently been devised by a team of specialists at the University of Iowa. Instead of depending on the patient to indicate when he hears a laboratory - controlled noise, as in the traditional form of testing, this new method, called electric response audiometry, enables audiologists to trace the noise’s

　　path directly from the ear to the brain while the patient relaxes or sleeps. Although brain responses have been used in other auditory tests for some time, the University of Iowa specialists are the only scientists to date who analyze simultaneously three components of hearing --- the responses of the middle ear, the auditory nerve and the brain stem. This information helps to identify the precise location of a hearing problem and , at the same time, to measure its severity. While electric response audiometry is not meant to replace conventional means of testing, it is especially effective in diagnosing hearing problems in very young children, multiply handicapped individuals and psychologically disturbed persons because it does not require the patient’s active participation.

　　31. Electric response audiometry differs from conventional hearing tests in that it _________.

　　A. requires the patient to signal when a given sound is heard

　　B. studies subconscious responses to noise

　　C. can be performed by any adult

　　D. is in use nationwide.

　　32. The passage indicates that which of the following is the primary value of the University of Iowa hearing test?

　　A. It will reduce misdiagnoses of hard-to-test patients.

　　B. It will lead to cure for congenitial deafness.

　　C. it will eventually make other means of testing hearing obsolete.

　　D. It will win a Nobel Prize for outstanding achievement in the field of medicine.

　　33. According to the passage, the testing team at the University of Iowa is the first to ________.

　　A develop a method to test hearing by way of the train.

　　B. determine the extent of brain damage in hearing- impaired persons.

　　C. observe the reaction of the brain to a laboratory-controlled noise.

　　D. study all the parts of brainwave responses at the same time.

　　34. It can be inferred from the passage that electric response audiometry would be especially recommended for _____.

　　A. a three-year-old girl who has an earache.

　　B. an old man who cups his ear to hear.

　　C. a young child who does not talk.

　　D. a rock musician who plays the drums.

　　35. Which opinion is right according to the author ____.

　　A. Electric response audiometry is better than conventional hearing tests in every aspect.

　　B. electric response audiometry is taken while the patient relaxes or sleeps.

　　C. The conventional hearing test can be replaced by the new method.

　　D. The new method has been put into wide use.

第二篇 Americans Get Touchy1

　　The New York Times recently reported that American teens are hugging practically everyone they see. Say goodbye to the greetings of the past, from the hands-off "What's up!" to the handshake or high-five2. For young people across the country, hugging is the new "Hello".

　　Girls are hugging girls. Boys are hugging boys. Girls and boys are hugging each other. And, like every major trend, there are lots of variations on the form. There's the classic, full-body, arms-around-the-person bear hug, the casual one-armed side hug, the group hug and the hug from behind. There's the handshake that turns into a hug and the hug that turns into a pat on the back.

　　As trends go, this one seems pretty innocent. But some parents, teachers and school administrators are worried nonetheless. Will young people who aren't as comfortable with physical contact feel peer pressured into hugging? Will kids who don't receive hugs feel left Out3? Could an extra-long hug slide into the more ominous territory of sexual harassment?

　　In response to some of these concerns, some schools have set up new rules to limit or eliminate hugging. One school head has created a three-second limitation4 for hugs at her school. A few schools have taken even more drastic measures, placing a ban on all forms of touching between students.

　　A few important points are being left out of the discussion. While the US has traditionally been reserved about touching - saving hugs and kisses for relatives, romantic partners and very close friends - people in many other parts of the world have been greeting each other this way for ages.

　　In Latin America or Western Europe, in countries like Spain, France, and Italy, a kiss on the cheek is common among women, as well as among women and men who are not romantically involved. The cheek-kiss varies by region. Sometimes it is just an air kiss blown past the face. In other places, the proper way of greeting is to deliver a kiss upon both cheeks, or sometimes even a triplet of kisses performed by kissing one cheek, then the other, then back to the first.

　　Latin American men are more likely to shake hands when greeting other men, but in some countries like Turkey, it's not unusual for men who know each other well to exchange kisses on the cheek. Meanwhile, for the Maori people of New Zealand, a traditional greeting called the "hongi" involves pressing noses together.

　　So, from a global perspective, the new trend of teen hugging in America is not so "new" after all. People all around the world move in close to say hello, and Americans are just now joining in.

　　36.The word "practically" in the first paragraph could be best replaced by

　　A) certainly

　　B) nearly

　　C) actively

　　D) voluntarily

　　37.Which of the following is NOT among the typical ways of greetings in the past?

　　A) hands off "What's up"

　　B) handshake

　　C) high-five

　　D) embrace

　　38. Some parents, teachers and school administrators concern the new trend of hugging for the following reasons EXCEPT:

　　A) Some young people get involved into the trend due to peer pressure.

　　B) Those who don't receive hugs feel left out.

　　C) There's the danger that hugging slide into the more ominous territory of sexual harassment.

　　D) Diseases could be transmitted more easily through the extra-long body contact.

　　39.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

　　A) Teenagers across the US hug everyone they see in nearly the same way.

　　B) Although some adults worry about the trend, few measures have been taken to ban on it.

　　C) Traditionally, the US people have been reserved about hugging between anybody.

　　D) In some countries, it's usual for men to kiss each other on the cheek.

　　40.We can infer that the author holds a attitude toward the new trend of hugging.

　　A) positive

　　B) negative

　　C) indifferent

　　D) conservative

第三篇

Spoilt for Choice

　　Choice, we are given to believe, is a right. In daily life, people have come to expect endless situations about which they are required to make decisions one way or another. In the main, these are just irksome moments at work which demand some extra energy or brainpower, or during lunch breaks like choosing which type of coffee to order or indeed which coffee shop to go to.

　　But sometimes selecting one option as opposed to another can have serious or lifelong repercussions. More complex decision-making is then either avoided, postponed, or put into the hands of the army of professionals, lifestyle coaches, lawyers, advisors, and the like, waiting to lighten the emotional burden for a fee2． But for a good many4 people in the world, in rich and poor countries，choice is a luxury, not a right. And for those who think they are exercising their right to make choices, the whole system is merely an illusion, created by companies and

　　advertisers wanting to sell their wares5．

　　The main impact of endless choice in people's lives is anxiety. Buying something as basic as a coffee pot is not exactly simple. Easy access to a wide range of consumer goods induces a sense of powerlessness, even paralysis, in many people, ending in the shopper giving up and walking away6 or just buying an unsuitable item that is not really wanted in order to solve the problem and reduce the unease．Recent surveys in the United Kingdom have shown that a sizeable proportion of electrical goods bought per household are not really needed．The advertisers and the shareholders of the manufacturers are, nonetheless, satisfied.

　　It is not just their availability that is the problem, but the speed with which new versions of products come on the market. Advances in design and production mean that new items are almost ready by the time that goods hit the shelves7． Products also need to have a short lifespan so that the public can be persuaded to replace them within a short time. The classic example is computers, which are almost obsolete once they are bought. At first, there were only one or two available from a limited number of manufacturers, but now there are many companies all with not only their own products but different versions of the same machine．This makes selection a problem．Gone are the days when one could just walk with ease into a shop and buy one thing8: no choice, no anxiety.

　　The plethora of choice is not limited to consumer items. With the greater mobility of people around the world, people have more choice about where they want to live and work--a fairly recent phenomenon. In the past, nations migrated across huge swathes of the earth in search of food, adventure, and more hospitable environments. Whole nations crossed continents and changed the face of history. So the mobility of people is nothing new. The creation of nation states and borders9 effectively slowed this process down. but what is different now is the speed at which migration is happening.

　　41．What is the difference between the decision to shop in a certain supermarket and the decision to drop out of college according to the first paragraph?

　　A)The former is a right while the latter is not．

　　B)The latter has more impact on life．

　　C)The former may happen for many times in life．

　　D)The latter requires a fee.

　　42．When people can not easily decide what to buy，what is the least possible choice?

　　A)Give up．

　　B)Walk away．

　　C)Buy an unsuitable item．

　　D)Seek advice．

　　43．Why do products have short lifespan nowadays?

　　A)They are more often replaced with better ones．

　　B)They have Worse quality．

　　C)They have too many versions．

　　D)Computer technology advances too fast．

　　44．How does migration differ from the past?

　　A)People now migrate across the whole earth．

　　B)People now migrate for better life．

　　C)People now have more choice about where to migrate．

　　D)People now migrate for better environment．

　　45．Which is the best summary of the writer's attitude towards choice in a commercial society?

　　A)More choice，more anxiety．

　　B)Better more choice than no choice．

　　C)Better no choice than more choice．

　　D) All choice is not easy．

　　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。

The Value of Motherhood

　　In shopping malls, the assistants try to push you into buying “ a gift to thank her for her unselfish love”. When you log onto a website, a small pop-up invites you to book a banquet for her. Commercial warmth and gratitude are the atmosphere being spread around for this special Sunday in May.

　　___46___. The popularity of Mother’s Day around the world suggests that Jarvis got all she wanted. In fact, she got more-enough to make her horrified.

　　___47___. They buy, among other things, 132 million cards. Mother’s Day is the No. 1 holiday for flower purchases. Then there are various commodities, ranging from jewelry and clothes to cosmetics and washing powder, that take advantage of the promotion opportunities. Because of this, Jarvis spent the last 40 years of her life trying to stop Mother’s Day. One protest against the commercialization of mother’s Day even got her arrested --- for disturbing the peace, interestingly.

　　___48___. As Ralph Fevre, a reporter at the UK newspaper The Guardian, observe, traditionally “ motherhood is something that we do because we think it is right.” But in the logic of commercialism, people need something in exchange for their time and energy. A career serves this purpose better.

　　___49___ So they work hard and play hard. Becoming a mother, however, inevitably handicaps career anticipation.

　　___50___. According to The Guardian, there are twice as many child-free young women as their were a generation ago. Or, they put off the responsibility of parenting until later in their lives.

　　So, Fevre writes that the meaning of celebrating Mother’s Day needs to be updated. “It is to persuade people that parenting is a good idea and to honor people for their attempt to be good people.”

　　A. the American version of Mother’s Day was thought up as early as 1905, by Anna Jarvis, as a way of recognizing the real value of motherhood.

　　B. But what’s more, commercialism changes young people’s attitude towards motherhood.

　　C. Obviously, the best gift will be a phone call or a visit.

　　D. According to a research by the US card company Hallmark, 96 percent of American consumers celebrate the holiday.

　　E. As a result, motherhood has suffered a huge drop in status since the 1950s.

　　F. In addition, women are being encouraged to pursue any career they desire.

　　第6部分：完形填空（第51～65题，每题1分，共15分）

　　阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

　　Life Expectancy in the Last Hundred YearsA hundred years ago，life expectancy in developed countries was about 47: in the early 21st century, men in the United States and the United Kingdom can expect to live to about 74. Women to about 80, and these _____5l____are rising all the time. What has brought _____52____ these changes? When we look at the life_____53_____

　　of people l00 years ago, we need to look at the greatest_____54_____of the time. In the early 20th century, these were the acute and often _____55_____infectious diseases such as smallpox. Many children died very young from these diseases and others, and the weak and elderly were always at risk.In the_____56_____world these diseases are far_____57____today, and in some cases have almost disappeared. A number of_____58____have led to this: improvements in sanitation and hygiene, the discovery and use of antibiotics, which_____59_____bacterial diseases much less dangerous, and vaccinations接种_____60_____common diseases._____61_____, people's general health has improved with improvements in our general environment: cleaner air, better means of preserving food，better and warmer housing，and better understanding of nutrition.

　　Genetically，we should all be able to live to about 85 but____62_____people do live longer today, there are still some big killers around that are preventing us from consistently reaching that age. The problems that affect people today are the more chronic illnesses, such as heart disease and strokes, and those_____63_____by viruses, such as influenza and AIDS l. Of course, cancer is a huge killer as well. In most cases these diseases affect_____64_____people, but there are worrying trends in the developed world with problems such as obesity_____65____more heart disease and illnesses such as diabetes at younger ages.

　　The killers today can be classed as "lifestyle diseases"，which means that it may be possible to halt their progress.

　　51． A ages B years C lives D countries

　　52． A in B about C to D with

　　53． A length B time C duration D span

　　54． A people B killers C invention D nation

　　55． A more B less C high D highly

　　56． A developed B less developed C undeveloped D developing

　　57． A more deadly B deadly C 1ess deadly D fatal

　　58． A improvements B factors C jobs D measure

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