2009职称英语--综合A类考试真题与答案

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——培根
2009职称英语--综合A类考试真题与答案
第一部分：词汇选项
1. Why can't you stop your (enternal .永久的,永恒的;无穷的
2.永存的,不朽
的 3.【口】(闲谈等)无休止的) complaining?
A. long
B. everlasting永远的,永久的;不朽的 2. 持久的;接连不断的
C. temporary临时的;暂时的,一时的
D. boring令人生厌的;乏味的
2. Hundreds of buildings were (wrecked)毁坏的.烂醉的;(吸食毒品后)
迷幻的,兴奋的by the earthquake.
A. shaken摇,摇动;震动;抖动
B. damaged损失，毁坏，破坏
C. fallen
D. jumped
3. These paintings are considered by many to be (authentic)可
信的,真实的,可靠的 2. 真正的,非假冒的[Z] 3. (依法)有效的,手续....
A. faithful忠实的;忠诚的;忠贞的[(+to)] 2. 如实的;准确可靠的;
B. royal王的,女王的;王室的
C. genuine真的;非伪造的;名副其实的 2. 真诚的;不造作的,由衷的 3. 纯血统的
D. sincere衷心的,真诚的,真心实意的 2. 忠实的,诚实的,正直的;
4. Many economists have given in to the fatal命运的;决定命运的 2. 命
中注定的 3. 致命的,生死攸关的[(+to/for)] 4. 无可挽回的,毁... (lure)诱惑物 2. 诱惑力,吸引力;魅力of mathematics.数学运算;数学应用
A. attraction吸引;吸引力 2. 吸引物;喜闻乐见的事物 3. 【物】引力;
B. simplicity简单, 2. 简明易懂的事物 3. 简朴,朴素 4. 纯朴,单纯 5. 真诚,坦率
C. power
D. rigor严格;严厉;苛刻 2. (生活等的)艰苦;(气候的)严酷
5. Ten years after the event, her death still remains a
(puzzle).
A. mist
B. tog
C. mystery
D. secret
6. irritated使恼怒;使烦躁 2. 使过敏;使难受;使发炎;使疼痛 3. 刺激,使兴奋
答案：A. annoyed
7. duplicated完全一样的;复制的;副本的 2. 二重的;一对的;二倍的
答案：D. copied
8. spurred (靴)装有马刺的.刺激,激励;鼓舞[(+to)]
答案：B. encouraged
9. ample大量的,丰富的,充裕的 2. 足够的 3. 宽敞的,宽大的;
答案：D. enough
10. marvels令人惊奇的事物(或人物)[(+of)] 及物动词vt. 1. 对...感到惊异
答案：B. miracles奇迹;奇迹般的人(或物) 2. 惊人的事例[(+of)]
11. perpetual永久的;长期的 2. 【口】无休止的;连续不断的 3. 无限期的;终身的
答案：B. endless 1. 无尽的;长久的 2. 不断的;无休止的 3. 环状的
12.
D. unfair不公平的;不公正的 2. 不正当的
13. adhere to
A. follow
B. order
C. prove
D. handle
14. barren不生育的,不妊的 2. (植物)不结果实的 3. (土地等)贫瘠的,荒芜的,不毛的答案：C. bare裸的\光秃秃的 3. 空的 4. 无陈设的;无装饰的 5. 不加掩饰的 6. 勉强的
15. specifications载明;详述[(+of)] 2. 规格;明细单;详细计划书[(+for)]
答案：C. instructions教学,讲授;教育[(+in)] 2. 教诲;教导 3. 命令,指示
第二部分：阅读判断
Keep on Fighting
Turning once again to the question of invasion, I would observe that there has never been a period in all these lo ng centuries of which we boast when an absolute guarantee a gainst invasion, still less against serious raids, could ha ve been given to our people. In the days of Napoleon the sa me wind which would have carried his transports across the Channel might have driven away the blockading fleet. There was always the chance, and it is that chance which has exci ted and befooled the imaginations of many continental tyran
ts. Many are the tales that are told. We are assured that n ovel methods will be adopted, and when we see the originali ty of malice, the ingenuity of aggression, which our enemy displays, we may certainly prepare ourselves for every kind of novel stratagem and every kind of brutal and treacherou s manoeuvre. I think that no idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered and viewed with a searching, but a t the same time, I hope, with a steady eye.
We must never forget the solid assurances of sea power and those which belong to air power if it can be locally ex ercised. I have, myself, full confidence that if all do the ir duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangeme nts are made, as they are being made, we shall prove oursel ves once again able to defend our island home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone. At any rate, that is what we are going to try to do. That is the resolve of H is Majesty's government - every man of them. That is the wi ll of parliament and the nation. The British empire and the French republic, linked together in their cause and in the ir need, will defend to the death their native soil, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their stren gth. Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and fa
mous states have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Ge stapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall n ot flag or fail.
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with gr owing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall figh t in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, whic h I do not for a moment believe, this island or a large par t of it were subjugated and starving, then our empire beyon d the seas, armed and guarded by the British fleet, would c arry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the new wo rld, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescu
e and the liberation o
f the old.
16. Throughout Britain's history, there has been no gua rantee that an invasion would not happen.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
17. Napoleon and his army once crossed the English Chan nel and Conquered Britain.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
18. The enemy will use every means conceivable to destr oy Britain.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
19. Churchill is confident that he will live longer tha n Hitler.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
20. The Royal air Force will launch massive air strikes against the Germans.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
21. The British Empire is so strong that it does not ha ve to take Hitler's menace seriously.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
22. Although many countries have been overrun by the Ge rmans, the British people will never give in.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
第三部分：概括大意与完成句子
McGrady's art is a spectacle
1. When Tracy McGrady is healthy, his play can be so be autiful that even his own teammates on the court cannot hel p but admire it - in the middle of a game.
2. "It's hard for me, because I'm a fan of basketball," Houston point guard Rafer Alston told the Houston Chronicl e newspaper after McGrady's 44-point performance against Ut ah on January 5. "When he's shooting the ball like that, a lot of times I'm standing there watching and, all of a sudd en, [the other team's] getting the ball and going on a fast break, and I'm getting yelled at by the coach." Indeed, Mc Grady's body control, his energy, his shooting - watching t hese are like watching an artist at work, blending colours, constructing sentences, or playing music.
3. Unfortunately, McGrady, 27, hasn't always been on th
e job. Already this season, he's missed seven games with ba ck spasms. After Yao Ming was injured on Dec. 23, it appear ed Houston would be without both o
f its stars. McGrady, how ever, returned three days later and has been playin
g well e ver since, scoring more than 30 points in eac
h of the last six games, as of Tuesday. Houston can't seem to get on with
out him. When McGrady was injured, the Rockets won two and lost five.
4. "Listen, there are only four or five people on the e ntire planet that can do the things he can do with the bask etball," forward Shane Battier said of McGrady. "From a fan 's perspective - and we're fans even though we're players - it's really fun to watch him do that. "From a player's per spective, his game can affect the entire team. No question. We see him, and we get excited, and that pumps us up. He k eeps making shots, and suddenly it seems to become easier f or everybody."
5. But it won't, really. Houston has just begun an impo rtant stretch on their schedule. Four of the next seven gam es will be played away from Houston - and without Yao. Six of the games will be against teams with winning records. Op ponents will double-team McGrady in an attempt to dull the impact of his art. Instead of watching, McGrady's teammates will need to create a little art of their own.
23. Paragraph 2 C
24. Paragraph 3 D
25. Paragraph 4 B
26. Paragraph 5 A
A. Necessity for the Teammates to Improve Their Own Ski lls
B. Evaluation from Two Different Perspectives
C. Spectacular Performance on the Court
D. Players Houston Can't Do Without
E. Yao Ming's Performance
F. McGrady's Injury
27. McGrady plays basketball so well A
28. Yao Ming missed several games D
29. There are very few people on the Earth C
30. Everyone will have to contribute E
A. that his temmates cannot help admiring him
B. that he is often yelled at by the coach
C. who can play basketball so well
D. because he had been injured
E. if Houston hopes to win
F. since he returned
第四部分：阅读理解
第一篇
Youth Emancipation in Spain
The Spanish Government is so worried about the number o f young adults still living with their parents that it has decided to help them leave the nest.
Around 55 per cent of people aged 18-34 in Spain still sleep in their parents' homes, says the latest report from the country's state-run Institute of Youth.
To coax(劝诱)young people from their homes, the institu te started a "Youth Emancipation(解放) programme this month. The programme offers guidance in finding rooms and jobs.
Economists blame young people's family dependence on th e precarious(不稳定的) labour market and increasing housing prices. Housing prices have risen 17 per cent a year since 2000.
Cultural reasons also contribute to the problem, say so ciologists. Family ties in south Europe - Italy, Portugal a
nd Greece - are stronger than those in middle and north Eur ope, said Spanish sociologist Almudena Moreno Minguez in he r report "The Late Emancipation of Spanish Youth: Keys for Understanding".
"In general, young people in Spain firmly believe in th e family as the main body around which their private life i s organized," said Minguez.
In Spain - especially in the countryside, it is not unc ommon to find entire groups of aunts, uncles, cousins, niec es and nephews(外甥/侄子) all living on the same street. Th ey regularly get together for Sunday dinner.
Parents' tolerance(宽容) is another factor. Spanish par ents accept late-night partying and are wary of setting bed time rules.
"A child can arrive home at whatever time he wants. If parents complain he'll put up a big fight and call the fath er a Fascist," said Jose Antonio Gomez Yanez, a sociologist at Carlos III University in Madrid.
Mothers' willingness to do children's household chores worsens the problem. Dioni-sio Masso, a 60-year-old in Madr
id, has three children in their 20s. The eldest, 28, has a girlfriend and a job. But life with mum is good.
"His mum does the wash and cooks for him; in the end, h
e lives well," Masso said.
31. The "Youth Emancipation" programme aims at helping young people
A. fight for freedom
B. live in an independent way
C. fight against social injustice
D. get rid of family responsibilities
32. It can be inferred from paragraph 5 that family tie s are stronger in Portugal than in
A. Finland
B. Greece
C. Spain
D. Italy
33. Young people's family dependence can be attributed to all the following factors EXCEPT
A. parent's tolerance
B. housing problems
C. cultural traditions
D. unwillingness to get married
34. Which of the following statements is NOT true of Di noisio Masso?
A. She is 60 years old.
B. She has a boyfriend.
C. She has three children.
D. She lives in Madrid.
35. The phrase "wary of" in paragraph 8 could be best r eplaced by
A. tired of
B. afraid of
C. cautious about
D. worried about
第二篇
Road Trip Vacations
It's summer. In the United States, it's the season of s wimming pools, barbeques, camping and road trips.
Road trip vacations where the car journey is part of the fu n are especially popular with college students, who like to explore the country on wheels. These budget trips are idea l for students who often have plenty of free time but littl e money.
"Ever since I went to college, I've been traveling around a lot, exploring the country," said Austin Hawkins, a 19-yea r-old college student from New York. This summer, Hawkins a nd his friends have spent weekends traveling in New Englan d.
The best part about car trips, said Hawkins, is that you ca n be spontaneous. "On a road trip, if you get interested in things you see along the way you can stop and explore." Matt Roberts, a 20-year-old student from Ohio who drove to Montreal, Canada, agrees. "With road trips you don't have t o plan in advance, you can just get into a car and drive." Even with high gas prices, driving with friends is cheaper than flying. Roberts paid about 40 dollars for gas, but a r ound trip plane ticket would have cost nearly 400 dollars.
Driving trips first became popular in the 1920s. Newly pave d roads and improved, cars made it possible to travel longe r distances. Motels started appearing outside cities.
By the 1950s, car ownership became the norm. Construction o f the US interstate highway system began in 1956 and motel and restaurant chains popped up everywhere making long dist ance trips easier.
Today, the US has the highest car ownership rate in the wor ld. Only 8 percent of American homes have no car, according to the most recent US census.
Though many college students don't own a car, most have acc ess to one. On many of Hawkins' trips, they used a borrowed van.
Hawkins' most memorable road trip took place over spring br eak. He and two friends drove from New York to New Orleans to volunteer, helping rebuild the city after Hurricane Katr ina hit it last July. They crossed the country in two days and slept in their car in church parking lots.
Roberts' road trip to Canada last winter was even more even tful. Upon arriving in Montreal, they were lost in a blizza rd and shivering in the -25°cold. To find their hotel, the y turned on a laptop and drove around in circles until they found a spot with wireless Internet coverage.
"I know we should have planned better, but we're young. Now, when I see those guys I always say: 'Remember when we were lost in the snow storm!' I'll never forget that."
36. Traveling on wheels is most popular among people
who have cars
37. What will Hawkins do when he sees something interesting on a road trip?
A. He will turn back.
B. He will drive around.
C. He will stop to explore.
D. He will stop exploring.
38. When did motels suddenly appear everywhere?
A. After the work to build the interstate highway system st arted.
B. When driving trips became popular.
C. After many roads were paved.
D. After new cars were made.
39. Which of the following words can best describe Hawkins' trip to New Orleans?
A. Eventful.
B. Colourful.
C. Delightful.
D. Unforgettable.
40. The word "blizzard" in paragraph 12 means
A. snow storm.
B. hurricane.
C. mist.
D. fog.
第三篇
Tightened Visa Regulations
According to South Korea's new visa regulations, native speakers of English who intend to teach English in South K orea will be required to undergo criminal record checks, me dical and drug tests, provide sealed academic transcripts a nd have their university diplomas inspected, The Korea Time s has reported. The tightened regulations will affect an es timated 17,000 foreigners that hold E-2 visas specifically for foreign language teachers.
The most controversial requirement is that English teac hers residing outside South Korea will have to have an inte rview at a South Korean embassy before taking up their teac hing posts. For applicants living in remote areas in Canada, Australia or the US, this is an additional travel burden. Meanwhile, foreign teachers currently living in South Korea must leave the country after their one-year contracts end and renew their visas at a South Korean embassy in their ho
me country or third country. Before the changes, they could renew their visas by visiting a neighboring country and re turn without additional documentation.
The visa changes are a reaction to public concern about the suitability of some foreign teachers. A report from th e South Korean Ministry of Education and Human Resources De velopment shows between 2001 and August of this year, 1,481 foreign language teachers have been caught for a range of offenses including forged degrees, visa violations and gene ral lawbreaking.
But the changes are likely to slow up the supply of tea chers to South Korea's English language education sector. A ccording to Michael Duffy, manager of a teacher placement s ervice in South Korea, applicants have to spend a few hundr ed dollars and several months on getting affidavits for doc uments. "South Korea has put up too many hoops to jump thro ugh," he said, adding that foreigners would seek work elsew here. Most foreigners wonder if the experience of working i n South Korea will be worth the burden of the paper work an d increasing restrictions. "I don't think (South) Korea has thought this through," said Scott McInnis, a Canadian teac her based in Incheon near Seoul. "This is a reactionary mov
e by the government that will have strong implications for the EFL community."
As part of efforts to ease the discontent, the South Ko rean Ministry of Justice has granted a three-month grace pe riod for current E-2 visa holders to prepare the necessary documents.
41. Which of the following is NOT required of an E-2 vi sa applicant?
A. to pass a Korean language test
B. to undergo a medical test
C. to provide sealed school reports
D. to undergo a drug test
41. A to pass a Korean language test
42. C visit a neighboring country if they wanted to ren ew their visas
43. C subversive activities
44. What does EFL refer to?
D English as a foreign language
45. The new visa policy aims at
B. improving foreign language teaching in South Korea.
第五部分：补全短文
My Life at Renda
I learned very quickly that being a teaching assistant (TA) at the University of Iowa would be different from life as a teacher at Renmin University.
________________(46) Eyes staring, mouths open, student s examining my big nose, hands nervous, people whispering w hile I wrote my name on the blackboard.
At Iowa, when my first classes began, half my students still hadn't arrived. When everyone finally found a seat, r inging cellphones and loud yawns interrupted my opening rem arks.
It's not that American students were disrespectful. ___ _______________(47) They were, however, far more skeptical than the students I had at Renda. The truth is I couldn't f ault them for their skepticism. Undergraduates at large US universities -especially freshmen and sophomores ? often ha
ve several classes a semester handled by TAs. In some cases, the TA sets the course content. ______________(48) Most ha ve good intentions, but only a few are as effective as fles h-and-blood professors.
Every teacher has to confront obstacles to learning - n o matter what the culture. Students who talk during lecture s, students who cheat, students who question the grade they get for a paper or project - dealing with these is all par t of the job. __________________(49)
The difference, I think - at least in my experience is that in the US I had to swallow more of my pride. _________ _________(50)
I had a responsibility to teach them, of course, but I had to do so indirectly-as a guide who himself had a few th ings to learn from the students.
第六部分：完形填空
Improve Computer-research Skills
Like many college students, Jose Juarez carries around a pocket-sized computer that lets him watch movies, surf th e Interact and text-message his friends.
He's part of "Generation M" - those born after 1985 who ________ (51) up connected to everything from video game t o cellphones.
"For us, it's everyday life," said Juarez, 18, a freshm an ________ (52) California State University at Sacramento (CSUS). ________ (53),educators are now saying that not all Generation M-ers can synthesize the piles of information t hey're accessing.
"They're geeky, but they don't know what to ________ (5 4) with their geekdom," said Barbara O'Connor, a Sacramento State communications studies professor who has been involv ed in a nationwide ________ (55) to improve students' compu ter-research skills.
In a recent nationwide test to ________ (56) their tech nological "literacy" their ability to use the Interact to c omplete class assignments - only 49 percent correctly evalu ated a set of Web sites for objectivity, authority and tim eliness. Only 35 per cent could correctly narrow an overly ________ (57) Internet search.
About 130 Sacramento State students, including Juarez, participated in the experimental test, ________ (58) to 6,3 00 college students across the country.
The hour-long assessment test is conducted by Education al Testing Service. It is a web-based scavenger hunt ______ __ (59) simulated Interact search engines and academic data bases that spit out purposely misleading information.
"They're very good at ________ (60) in and using the In ternet, but don't always understand what they get back," sa id Linda Goff, head of instructional services for the CSUS library. "You see an open search box, you type in a few wor ds and you ________ (61) the button," said Goff, who is inv olved in the testing.
"They take at face value ________ (62) shows up at the top of the list as the best stuff."
Educators say that these sloppy research skills are tro ubling.
"We look at that as a foundational skill, in the same w ay we ________ (63) math and English as a foundational skil l," said Lorie Roth, assistant vice-chancellor for academic programmes in the CSU system.
Measuring how well students can "sort the good ________ (64) the bad" on the Internet has become a higher priority for CSU, Roth said.
CSU is considering ________ (65) a mandatory assessment test on technological literacy for all freshmen, much as i t has required English and math placement tests since the 1 980s.
Students in freshman seminars at Sacramento State were asked to take the test early in the semester and were expected to finish another round this
week to measure their improvement.
参考答案
页眉内容阅读使人充实，会谈使人敏捷，写作使人精确。

——培根
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