2007年度全国职称外语等级考试试卷
英语
(理工类B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。
　　1.I have been trying to quit smoking.
　　A.give up
　　B.pick up
　　C.build up
　　D.take up

　　2.Relief workers were shocked by what they saw.
　　A.moved
　　B.touched
　　C.surprised
　　D.worried

　　3.The weather is a constant subject of conversation in Britain.
　　A.question
　　B.problem
　　C.title
　　D.topic

　　4.This is not typical of English,but is a feature of the Chinese language.
　　A.particular
　　B.characteristic
　　C.remarkable
　　D.idiomatic

　　5.It is virtually impossible to persuade him to apply for the job.
　　A.simply
　　B.almost
　　C.totally
　　D.completely

　　6.These are defensive behavior patterns which derive from our fears.
　　A.stem
　　B.rely
　　C.develop
　　D.grow

　　7.Only a small minority of the mentally ill are liable to harm themselves or others.
　　A.easy
　　B.possible
　　C.likely
　　D.difficult

　　8.They have the capability to destroy the enemy in a few days.
　　A.possibility
　　B.necessity
　　C.ability
　　D.probability

　　9.We have never seen such gorgeous hills.
　　A.beautiful
　　B.stretching
　　C.spreading
　　D.rolling

　　10.The leaves have been swept into huge heaps.
　　A.loads
　　B.layers
　　C.pyramids
　　D.piles

　　11.The news will horrify everyone.
　　A.attract
　　B.terrify
　　C.tempt
　　D.excite

　　12.The article sketched the major events of the decade.
　　A.described
　　B.offered
　　C.outlined
　　D.presented

　　13.I won’t tolerate that kind of behavior.
　　A.bear
　　B.receive
　　C.admit
　　D.take

　　14.Their style of playing football is utterly different.
　　A.barely
　　B.scarcely
　　C.hardly
　　D.totally

　　15.Her sister urged her to apply for the job.
　　A.advised
　　B.caused
　　C.forced
　　D.promised

　　第2部分：阅读判断(第16~22题，第题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。
　　Black Holes
　　Most scientists agree that black holes exist but are nearly impossible to locate.A black hole in the universe is not a solid object,like a planet,but it is shaped like a sphere (球体).Astronomers(天文学家)think that at the center of a black hole there is a single point in space with infinite(无限的)density(稠密).This single point is called a singularity (奇点).If the singularity theory is correct,it means that when a massive star collapses,all the material in it disappears into the singularity.The center of a black hole would not really be a hole at all,but an infinitely dense point.Anything that crosses the black hole is pulled in by its great gravity.
　　Although black holes do exist,they are difficult to observe.These are the reasons.
　　● No light or anything else comes out of black holes.As a result,they are invisible to a telescope.
　　● In astronomical terms,black holes are truly.For example,a black hole formed by the collapse of a giant star would have an event horizon(视界)only 18 miles across.
　　● The nearest black holes would be dozens of light years away from Earth.One light year is about 6 trillion(万亿)miles.Even the most powerful telescopes could not pick out an object so small at such a great distance.
　　In 1994 the Hubble Space Telescope provided evidence that black holes exist.There are still answers to be found,however,so black holes remain one of the mysteries of the universe.

　　16.Black holes are part of space.
　　A.Right 　　B.Wrong 　　C.Not mentioned

　　17.Black holes exist but are difficult to observe.
　　A.Right 　　B.Wrong 　　C.Not mentioned

　　18.The center of a black hole is empty.
　　A.Right 　　B.Wrong 　　C.Not mentioned

　　19.The attraction of two large stars leads to gravity.
　　A.Right 　　B.Wrong 　　C.Not mentioned

　　20.The sun is the heaviest star in the universe.
　　A.Right 　　B.Wrong 　　C.Not mentioned

　　21.The nearest black holes are hundreds of light years away from us.
　　A.Right 　　B.Wrong 　　C.Not mentioned

　　22.The Hubble Space Telescope helps scientists to understand the nature of the universe.
　　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。
　　Memory Test
　　1 “I am going to give you five techniques that will enable you to remember anything you need to know at school,”promised lecturer lan Robinson to a hundred schoolchildren.He slapped his hand down on the table.“When I’ve finished in two hours’ time,your work will be far more effective and productive.Anyone not interested,leave now.”The entire room sat still.
　　2 Robinson calls himself the Mind Magician (魔术师).He specializes in doing magic tricks that look totally impossible,and then he reveals that they involve nothing more mysterious than good old-fashioned trickery (骗术).“I have always been interested in tricks involving memory-being able to reel off (一口气 说出) the order of cards in a pack,that sort of thing,”he explains.
　　3 Robinson was already lecturing to schools on his magic techniques when it struck him that students might find memory techniques even more valuable.“It wasn’t difficult area to move inot,as the stuff’s all there in books.”So he summarized everything to make a two-hour lecture about five techniques.
　　4 “You want to learn a list of a hundred things?A thousand?No problem,”says Robinson.The scandal is that every child is not taught the techniques from the beginning of their school life.The schoolchildren who were watching him thought it was brilliant.“I wish I’d been told this earlier,”commented Mark,after Robinson had shown them how to construct“mental journeys”.
　　5 Essentially,you visualize (想象) a walk down a street,or a trip round a room,and pick the points where you will put the things you want to remember-the lamppost,the fruit bowl.Then in each location you put a visual representation of your list-phrasal verbs,historical dates,whatever-making them as strange as possible.It is that simple,and it works.
　　6 The reaction of schools has been uniformly enthusiastic.“The pupils benefited enormously from lan’s presentation,”says Dr Johnston,head of the school where Robinson was speaking.“ldeally we should run a regular class in memory techniques so pupils can pick it up gradually.”
　　23.Paragraph 2 _________.
　　24.Paragraph 3 _________.
　　25.Paragraph 4 _________.
　　26.Paragraph 5 _________.
　　A.Good results
　　B.An ancient skill
　　C.Gaining attention
　　D.Memory tricks
　　E.A lecture on memory techniques
　　F.Ways to improve memory

　　27.The memory techniques used are no more complex than the old ___.
　　28.Robinson taught children to use“mental journeys”to improve ___.
　　29.Robinson told the pupils that all the memory techniques could be found in ___.
　　30.The schoolchildren got a lot from the magician’s ___.
　　A.books
　　B.lecture
　　C.tricks
　　D.facts
　　E.memory
　　F.list

　　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Renewable Energy Sources
　　Today petroleum(石油)provides around 40% of the world’s energy needs,mostly fuelling automobiles.Coal is still used,mostly in power stations,to cover one-quarter of our energy needs,but it is the least efficient,unhealthiest and most environmentally damaging fossil fuel(矿物燃料).Natural gas reserves could fill some of the gap from oil,but reserves of that will not last into the 22nd century either.Most experts predict we will exhaust easily accessible reserves within 50 years.Less-polluting renewable energy sources offer a more practical long-term energy solution.“Renewable”refers to the fact that these resources are not used faster than they can be replaced.
　　Hydroelectric(水力发电的)power is now the most common form of renewable energy,supplying around 20% of world electricity.China’s Three Gorges Dam is the largest ever.At five times the size of the US’s Hoover Dam,its 26 turbines(涡轮机)will generate the equivalent energy of 18 coal-fired power stations.It will satisfy 3% of China’s entire electricity demand.
　　In 2003,the first commercial power station to use tidal(潮汐的)currents in the open sea opened in Norway.It is designed like windmill(风车),but others take the form of turbines.
　　As prices fall,wind power has become the fastest growing type of electricity generation-quadrupling(翻两番)worldwide between 1999 and 2005.Modern wind farms consist of turbines that generate electricity.Though it will be more expensive,there is more than enough wind to provide the world’s entire energy needs.Wind farms come in onshore and offshore forms.They can often end up at spots of natural beauty,and are often unpopular with residents.And turbines are not totally harmless-they can interfere with radar,alter climate and kill sea birds.Scotland is building Europe’s largest wind farm,which will power 200,000 homes.The UK’s goal is to generate one-fifth of power from renewable sources,mainly wind,by 2020.But this may cause problems,because wind is unreliable.

　　31.According to the passage,which of the following is the most polluting energy resource?
　　A.Petroleum.
　　B.Coal.
　　C.Natural gas
　　D.Water.

　　32.China’s Three Gorges Dam
　　A.is the first hydroelectric dam in the world.
　　B.is of the same size as the US’s Hoo

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