2021年职称英语综合类阅读理解练习题及答案

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2021年职称英语考试试题及答案：《综合类》

2021年职称英语考试试题及答案：《综合类》下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，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。

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1 The nursery is bright and cheerful.A pleasantB cleanC peacefulD large2 This kind of material was seldom used in building houses during the Middle Ages.A neverB rarelyC oftenD only3 People from many places were drawn to the city by its growing economy.A fetchedB carriedC attractedD pushed4 The soldier displayed remarkable courage in the battle.A placedB showedC pointedD decided5 How do you account for your absence from the class last Thursday?A explainB examineC chooseD expand6 About one quarter of the workers in the country are employed in factoriesA thirdB fourthC tenthD fifteenth7 She was grateful to him for being so good to her.A carefulB hatefulC beautifulD thankful8 There are only five minutes left, but the outcome of the match is still in doubt.A resultB judgementC estimationD event9 He is certain that the dictionary is just what I want.A sureB angryC doubtfulD worried10 The last few weeks have been enjoyable.A closeB nearC pastD several11 What were the consequences of the decision she had made?A reasonsB resultsC causesD bases12 They didn't realize how serious the problem wasA knowB forgetC doubtD remember13 We shall keep the money in a secure placeA cleanB secretC distantD safe14 The great changes of the city astonished every visitor to that city.A attackedB surprisedC attractedD interested15 The city has decided to do away with all the old buildings in its centreA get rid ofB set upC repairD paint参考答案：1.A2. B3. C4. B5. A6. B7. D8. A9. A 10. C11. B 12. A 13. D 14. B 15. A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。

2021年职称英语阅读理解及答案

职称英语阅读理解及答案Super ___rket is a type of retailing institution that has a moderately broad product assortment spanning gro ___ries and some nonfood lines, that ordinarily emphasizes pri ___ in either an offensive or defensive way. As a method, super ___rket retailing features several related product lines, a high degree of self-servi ___, largely ___ntralized checkout, and petitive pri ___s. The super ___rket approach to retailing is used to sell various kinds of merchandise, ____(1)____.The term super ___rket usually refers to an institution in the gro ___ry retailing field. Most super ___rkets emphasize pri ___. Some use pri ___ offensively byfeaturing low pri ___s in order to attract customers. Other super ___rkets use pri ___ more defensively by relying on leader pricing to avoid a pri ___ disadvantage. Sin ___ super ___rkets typically have very thin gross ___rgins, they need high levels of inventory turnover to achieve satisfactory returns on invested capital.Super ___rkets originates in the early 1930s. They were established by independents ____(2)____. Super ___rkets were an immediate suess, and the innovation was soon adopted by chain stores. In re ___nt decades super ___rkets have added various nonfood lines to provide customers with one-stop shopping convenien ___ and to improve overall gross ___rgins.Today stores using the super ___rket method of retailing are dominant in gro ___ry retailing. However, different names are used to distinguish these institutions____(3)____:A superstore is a larger version of the super ___rket. It offers more gro ___ry and nonfood items ____(4)____. Many super ___rket chains are emphasizing superstores in their new construction.Combination stores are usually even larger than superstore. They, too, offer more gro ___ries and nonfoods than a super ___rket but also most product lines found in a large drugstore. Some bination stores are joint venturesbetween super ___rkets and drug chains such as Kroger and Sav-on.For ___ny years the super ___rket has been under attack from numerous pe ___s. For example, a gro ___ry shopper can choose among not only ___ny brands of super ___rkets but also various types of institutions (warehouse stores, gourmet shops, meat and fish ___rkets, and convenien ___ stores). Super ___rkets have reacted to petitive pressures ____(5)____: Some cut costs and stressed low pri ___s by offering more private brands and generic products and few customer servi ___s. Others expanded their store size and assortments by adding more nonfood lines (especially products found in drugstores), gro ___ries attuned to a particular ___rket area (foods that appeal to a specific ethnic group, for example), and various servi ___ departments (including video rentals, restaurants, delicatessens, financial institutions, and phar ___cies).A by size and assortmentB than a conventional super ___rket doesC including building ___terials, offi ___ products, and, of course, gro ___riesD attracting more customers with their low pri ___sE pri ___rily in either of two waysF to pete with gro ___ry chainsKEYS: CFABE模板,内容仅供参考。

2021年职称英语考试阅读理解练习题及答案解析(TheColdPlaces)

2021年职称英语考试阅读理解练习题及答案解析The Cold PlacesThe Arctic is a polar region. It surrounds the North Pole.Like Antarctica, the Arctic is a land of ice and snow. Antarctica holds the record for a low temperature reading ---125 degrees Fahrenheit below zero. Reading of 85 degrees below zero are common in both the Arctic and Antarctica. Winter temperatures average 30 d3egrees below zero in the Arctic. At the South Pole the winter average is about 73 degrees below zero.One thing alone makes it almost impossible for men to live in Antarctica and in parts of the Arctic. This one thing is the low temperature --- the killing chill of far North and the polar South.To survive, men must wear the warmest possible clothing . They must build windproof shelters. They must keep heaters going at al times. Not even for a moment can they be unprotected against the below-zero temperatures.Men have a way of providing for themselves. Polar explorers wrap themselves in warm coats and furs. The cold makes life difficult. But the explorers can stay alive.What about animals? Can they survive? Do we find plants? Do we find life in the Arctic and in Antarctica? Yes, we do. There is life in the oceans. There is life on land.Antarctica, as we have seen, is a cold place indeed. But this has not always been the case. Expedition scientists have discovered that Antarctica has not alwaysbeen a frozen continent. At one time the weather in Antarctica may have much like our own.Explorers have discovered coal in Antarctica. This leads them to believe that Antarctica at one time was a land of swamps and forests. Heat and moisture must have kept the trees in the forests alive.1) The lowest temperature that man has ever known was recorded in Antarctica.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned2) Winter temperatures average 85 degrees below zero in Antarctica.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned3) The Arctic and Antarctica are no man's lands because of their notorious coldness.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned4) Polar explorers can stay alive without heaters and windproof shelters.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned5) Despite the hostile environment, both animals and plants can be found in the oceans and on land in polar areas.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned6) As discovered by expedition scientists, Antarctica has not always been so cold as it is today, so has the Arctic.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned7) At one time, the weather in Antarctica was so warm and damp thattrees grew there.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned参考答案:1. A。

2021年职称英语考试阅读训练题与参考答案

职称英语考试阅读训练题与参考答案Lemons in Used Car MarketSuppose that you, a college student of somewhat limited means, are in the ___rket for a used pickup truck. The following ad in a local used car publication catches your eyes.1993 Ford Ranger, bilk, 4WD, a/cAM/FM/cass., showroom condition.Call 555-1234 after 5 p.m This is exactly the kind of vehicle you want, so you call to inquire about the pri ___. The pri ___ you are quoted over the phone is $2,000 lower than the pri ___ for this model with this equipment listed in a used car guidebook. Instead of being ecstatic, however, you are suspicious.For ___ny products, when you must pay less than the going rate, you believe you are getting a great deal. This is not ne ___ssarily the case for used cars or other durable goods because with expensive products-or, what is essentially thesame thing, products with high repla ___ment costs-you must be particularly careful about getting a lemon. Or a product of substandard quality. In addition to asking the pri ___, the age of a car-or any other consumer durable-is a factor when you are trying to determine whether a seller is attempting to unload a lemon. While people have all sorts of reasons for wanting to sell their cars-even relatively new cars-most people hold off until they have put ___ny thousands of miles on a car or until the used car is several years old. You would probably be as suspicious of a car that is too new as you would a car that is too good a deal. In fact, you are probably willing to pay a high pri ___ for a high-quality used car. While this pri ___ would ___rtainly be aeptable to the seller, the petitive ___rket might not facilitate such trades.1. The beginning of this passage assumes that college studentsA) are very clever but not very rich.B) Are very capable but not very diligent.C) Have limited ___terial resour ___sD) Are not rich.2. The passage indicated that, sometimes when you find a product of an unexpectedly low pri ___.A) You are very happy.B) You are rather suspicious.C) You are filled with happiness as well as surprise.D) You feel uneasy.3.Lemon in this passage refers toA) a kind of fruit.B) A kind of new car.C) A kind of expensive and high-quality car.D) A product of inferior quality.4.If you want to know if the seller is trying to unload a lemon, youA) take the age of the car into consideration.B) Take the pri ___ of the lemon into considerationC) Consider how ___ny miles the car has run.D) Consider both the pri ___ as well as the age of the car.5.It can be concluded from the passage that in the used car ___rket,A) used cars are generally cheap.B) Used cars are generally expensiveC) Used cars are actually brand newD) Car buyers are willing to pay a high pri ___ for a used car.模板,内容仅供参考。

2021年职称英语考试综合类C级试题及答案

2021年度全国职称英语等级考试综合类（C级）试题第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. Take some spare clothes in case you get wet.A. fineB. winterC. outdoorD. extra2. Afterwards there was just a feeling of let-down.A. excitementB. angerC.calmD. disappointment3. The AIDS convention will be held in Glasgow.A. conferenceB. partyC. publishD. summarize4. The new service helped boost pre-tax profits by 10%.A. returnB. realizeC. increaseD. doubleA. asking forB. keeping out ofC. getting intoD. suffering from6. His knowledge of French is fair.A. very usefulB. very limitedC. quite goodD. rather special7. The book raised a storm of controversy.A. damageB. voiceC. doubtD. argument8. My principal concern is to get the job done fast.A. seriousB.mainC. deepD. particular9. Lack of space forbids further treatment of the topic here.A. receivesB. deservesC. acceptsD. prevents10. He made a number of rude remark sabout the food.11. They are trying to identify what is wrong with the present systemA. proveB. discoverC. considerD. imagine12. His heart gave a sudden leap when he saw her.A. hopeB. jumpC. silenceD. life13. The worst agonies of the war were now beginning.A. partsB. aspectsC. painsD. results14. I’m sure I’ll be able to amuse myself for a few hours.A. entertainB. treatC. holdD. keep15. Several windows had been smashed.A. cleanedB. brokenC. replacedD. fixed参考答案：DDACD BDBDA BBCAB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.The Most Wonderful IslandsEach settlement will be in the shape of a palm tree, topped with a crescent, and will have a large number of residential, leisure and entertainment centers. The Palm Islands are located off the coast of The United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf and will add 520 kilometres of beaches to the city of Dubai.The creation of the Palm Jumeirah began in June 2001. Shortly after, the Palm Jebel Ali was announced and reclamation work began. The Palm Deira, which is planned to have a surface area of 46.35 square kilometre. Construction was originally planned to take 10–15 years, but that was before the impact of the global credit crunch hit Dubai.16. Some Dutch engineers are experienced in reclaiming land from the sea.A . RightB . WrongC . Not mentioned17. The islands are being built in the deep water of the sea.A . RightB . WrongC . Not mentioned18. Rocks for building the breakwater were taken from the World of Islands.A . RightB . WrongC . Not mentioned19. All the luxury homes on Palm Jumeirah were sold.A . RightB . WrongC . Not mentioned20. The water theme park in Jebei All will attract more tourists.A . RightB . WrongC . Not mentioned21. The Palm Deira will be the same size as Paris.A . RightB . WrongC . Not mentioned22. The World Islands are bigger than the Palm JumeirahA . RightB . WrongC . Not mentioned参考答案：AACAC BC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一个最佳选项。

2021年度全国职称英语等级考试综合类(A级)真题及答案

2021年度全国职称英语等级考试综合类（A级）真题及答案2021年度全国职称英语等级考试综合类（A级）真题及答案第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个词或短语划有横线，请为每处划线部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。

1 Why can't you stop your eternal complaining？A everlasting B long C temporary D boring2 Hundreds of buildings were wrecked by the earthquake. A shaken B damaged C fallen D jumped3 These paintings are considered by many to be authentic. A faithful B royal C genuine D sincere4 Many economists have given in to the fatal lure of mathematics.A attractionB simplicityC powerD rigor5 Ten years after the event，her death still remains a puzzle. A mist B fog C mystery D secret6 John was irritated by the necessity for polite conversation. A annoyed B troubled C threatened D aroused7 Academic records cannot be duplicated. A borrowed B purchased C rewritten D copied8 The emphasis on the importance of education has spurred scientific research.学问是异常珍贵的东西，从任何源泉吸收都不可耻。

2021年职称英语综合类题目

职称英语综合类题目职称英语综合类B级概况大意与完成句子模拟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.Suessful Language Learners1 Some people seem to have a knack for learning languages. They can pick up new vocabulary, ___ster rules or gram ___r, and learn to write in the new language more quickly than others. They do not seem to be any more in___igent than others, so what ___kes language learning so much easier for them? Perhaps if we take a close look at these suessful language learners, we ___y discover a few of the techniques which ___ke language learning easier for them.2 First of all, suessful language learners are independent learners. They do not depend on the book or the teacher; they discover their own way to learn the language. Instead of waiting for the teacher to explain, they try to find the patterns and the rules for themselves. They are good guessers who look for clues and form their own conclusions. When they guess wrong, they guess again. They try to learn from mistakes.3 Suessful language learning is active learning. Therefore, suessful learners do not wait for a chan ___ to use the language; they look for such a chan ___. They find people who speak the language and they ask these people to correct them when they ___ke a mistake. They will try anything to municate. They are not afraid to repeat what they hear or to say strange things; they are willing to___ke mistakes and try again. When munication is difficult, they can aept infor ___tion that is inexact or inplete. It is more important for them to learn to think in the language than to know the meaning of every word.4 Finally, suessful language learners are learners with a purpose. They want to learn the language because they are interested in the language and the people who speak it. It is ne ___ssary for them to learn the language in order to municate with these people and to learn from them. Theyfind it easy to practi ___ using the language regularly because they want to learn with it.5 What kind of language learner are you? If you are a suessful language learner, you have probably been learning independently, actively, and purposefully. On the other hand, if your language learning has been less than suessful, you might as well try some of the techniques outlined above.23 Paragraph 1_________.24 Paragraph 2_________.25 Paragraph 3_________.26 Paragraph 4_________.A Ways to Learn a Language SuessfullyB Learning a Language PurposefullyC Learning a Language ActivelyD Learning a Language IndependentlyE Learning from MistakesF Learning to Think in the Target Language23. A 定位于该段第一句Some people seem to have aknack(=ways) for learning languages.为主旨句，意为“有些人似乎有语言的诀窍。

2021年职称英语样题(综合类)

职称英语样题(综合类)第一部分阅读理解 (75分) 第一篇 Hercules Once upon a time there was a great Greek hero, Hercules. He was taller and stronger than anyone you have ever seen. On his shoulder he carried a club and in his hand he held a bow. He was known as the hero of a hundred adventures. Hercules served a king. The king was afraid of him. So again and again he sent him on difficult tasks. One morning the king sent for him and told him to fetch three golden apples for him from the garden of the Singing Maidens (歌女). But no one knew where the garden was. So Hercules went away. He walked the whole day and the rest day and the next. He walked for months before he saw mountains far in the distance one fine morning. One of the mountains was in the shape of a man, with long, long legs and arms and huge shoulders and a bugs head. He was bolding up the sky. Hercules knew it was Atlas, the Mountain God. So he asked him for help. Atlas answered, 'My head and arms and shoulders all ache. Could you hold up the sky while I fetch the golden apples for you?' Hercules climbed the mountain and shouldered the sky. Soon the sky grew very heavy. When finally Atlas came back with three golden apples, he said, 'Well , you are going tocarry the mountain for ever. I'm going to see the king with the apples.' Hercules knew that he couldn't fight him because of the sky on his back. So he shouted: ' Just one minute's help. My shoulders are hurting. Hold the sky for a minute while I make a cushion (垫子) for my shoulders.' Atlas believed him. He threw down the apples and help up the sky. Hercules picked up the apples and ran back to see the king.1. What do you know about Hercules aording to the first paragraph? ○A. He was a Greek hero. ○B. He was a king. ○C. He was the Mountain God. ○D. He was a man of adventures.2. Hercules was given many difficult tasks because__________. ○A. he was the strongest man. ○B. the king wanted to get rid of him. ○C. the king wanted to test his strength. ○D. those tasks had to be done anyway3. Which of the following can best describe Atlas aording to the text? ○A. He looked like a mountain. ○B. He was a man with bug shoulders and arms. ○C. He was a man withlong legs and a huge head. ○D. He was the giant who bled up the sky.4. Atlas got the golden apples for Hercules because__________. ○A. he wanted to help Hercules ○B. he was afraid of Hercules. ○C. he did not want to hold the sky any more. ○D. he wanted to be the king himself5. Hercules finally managed to get the apples ___________. ○A. by fooling Atlas ○B. by defeating Atlas ○C. because he ran faster than Atlas ○D. because Atlas threw down the apples第二篇 Tokyo Tokyo is one of those places that you can love and hate at the same time. In Tokyo there are always too many people in the places where I want to be. Of course there are too many cars. The Japanese drive very fast when they can. But in Tokyo they often spend a long time in traffic jams. Tokyo is not different when one wants to walk. At certain times of the day there are a lot of people on foot in London's Oxford Street. But the streets near Ginza in Tokyo always have a lot of people on foot, andsometimes it is really difficult to walk. People are very polite; there are just too many of them. The worst time to be in the street is at 11:30 at night. That is when the night-clubs are closing and everybody wants to go home. There are 35,000 night-clubs in Tokyo, and you do not often see one that is empty. Most people travel to and from work by train. Tokyo people buy six million train tickets every day. At most stations, trains arrive every two or three minutes, but at certain hours there do not seem to be enough trains. Although they are usually crowded, Japanese trains are very good. They always leave and arrive on time. On a London train you would see everybody reading a newspaper. In Tokyo trains everybody in a seat seems to be asleep, whether his journey is long or short. In Tokyo, I stood outside the station for five minutes. Three fire-engines raced past on the way to one of the many fires that Tokyo has every day. Tokyo has so many surprises that none of them can really surprise me now. instead, I am surprised at myself: I must go there next year on business. I know I hate the overcrowded city. But I feel like a man who is returning to his long-lost love.6. Tokyo is different from London in that ____________. ○A. it has a smaller population ○B. it is an international city ○C. it is more difficult to go somewhere on foot in Tokyo ○D. its people are friendlier and more polite.7. What time does the writer think is the worst time to go into the street? ○A. When the night-clubs are closing. ○B. At 8 o'clock in the morning. ○C. When the train is overcrowded. ○D. At 11:30 a.m.8. What does the writer say about Japanese trains? ○A. They are very nice and fortable. ○B. There are not enough trains. ○C. They often run behind schedule. ○D. They leave and arrive at the right time.9. From the writer's observation, we can see that fires break out in Tokyo _______. ○A. oasionally. ○B. quite frequently ○C. not very often ○D. twice a day10. The writer hates Tokyo mainly because the city_________. ○A. is dirty and the people are impolite ○B.has been seriously polluted ○C. is crowded and noisy ○D. is not modern enough第三篇 The Child Witness Going to court can be frightening, especially if you are a child. You may have to stand up in the witness (证人) box, and swear (发誓) to ___ the truth and answer questions is front of a crowd of adults. It would be even more frightening if you were the victim of a crime and you had to sit in the same courtroom (法庭) as the person aused of attacking you, for instance. So the law in Britain has made it easier for children to act as witnesses. Children are allowed to ___ what they know, from another room in the same courthouse. This way they do not have to face all those people in the courtroom. It works on a closed-circuit (闭路的) television link, which means that the TV only operates inside the court. The child witness sits in a room with a social worker in front of a TV camera. Everyone in the courtroom can see the child on a TV screen, but the child can only see the judge and the lawyers who will ask him or her questions. The system has been so suessful that is will be extended to more courts this year. Another way to make it easy for a child to act awitness is to set up a screen is the court room around the witness box so that the child cannot see the defendant (被告). Information given by children can be very important to a court trial (审判), but before 1988 the law did notreally recognizes that children told the truth. It stated that anything a child said in court had to be supported by other evidence in the case.11. A child witness, if he were the victim of the crime, would be frightened most by ____________. ○A. all the questions he had to answer ○B. the crowd of adults he had to face ○C. the judge and the lawyers ○D. the person aused of attacking him12. The most important point of the new system that made things easier for a child witness is that ______________.○A. he does not see the defendant ○B. he speaks in front of a TV camera ○C. he is in another room is the same courthouse ○D. everyone in the courtroom can see the child13. What does the author think of the new system aording to the third paragraph? ○A. Not very good. ○B. Very suessful. ○C. Just an experiment. ○D. Hardly aeptable.14. Has the law always recognized the importance ofchildren's information in court? ○A. No. ○B. Yes. ○C. Not until 1988. ○D. Before 1988, yes.15. The word 'case' in the last paragraph means __________. ○A. a particular situation ○B. a particular incident ○C.a trial ○D. a box第二部分完成句子 (25分) 根据短文内容完成句子，每个空格只能填一个单词。

2021年职称英语考试综合B阅读理解试题及答案

职称英语考试综合B阅读理解试题及答案xx年职称英语考试综合B阅读理解试题及答案31、what is the ___in idea of this passage?答案：far ___ers are changing the way they grow coffee32、the function of the word "traditionally" in P.2 is to show答案：a change of coffee growth33、what does increased production of full-sun coffee bring about?答案：higher profits34、how do farmers find more land for growing full-cun coffee?答案： they cut down trees.35、the full-sun method ___y affect the following exept答案：air36、the gardners' experiment with washoe答案： influen ___d(影响了) pri ___te research(因为文中有提到pri ___te research的研究都发生了改变)37、the second para. ___inly discusses答案： a report about washoe's progress in learning sign language(文中提到他们发布了一篇报告，是关于这个猩猩很多事情)38、the gardners' experiment with washoe was criticized because答案：only copy teachers' sigh language(其他几个答案虽然都是事实，但都不应该是引起争论的'原因，猩猩能记250词很了不起了是吧)39、aording to the passage ,which of the following is true答案：washoe was the first chimp to use american………(文中第一段提到washoe 学会手语，这被誉为第一个非人类去学人的语言)40、we can draw a conclusion from the last para.答案：washoe (还是动物?)学会手语还是一个数。

2021年职称英语综合类阅读理解题

职称英语综合类阅读理解题Think of a modern city and the first image that e to mind is the skyline. It is full of great buildings, pointinglike fingers to heaven. It is true that some cities don’t permit buildings to go above a certain height. But these are cities concerned with the past. The first thing anycity does when it wants to ___ the world that it hasarrived is to build skyscrapers.When people gather together in cities, they create a demand for land. Since cities are places where money is made, that demand can be met. And the best way to make money out of city land is to put as many people as possible in a space that covers the smallest amount of ground. That means building upwards.The technology existed to do this as early as the 19th century. But the height of buildings was limited by one important factor. They had to be small enough for people on the top floors to climb stairs. People could not be expected to climb a mountain at the end of their journey to work, or home.Elisha Otis, a US inventor, was the man who brought us the lift or elevator，as he preferred to call it. However，most of the technology is very old. Lifts work using the same pulley system the Egyptians used to create the Pyramids. What Otis did was attach the system to a steam engine and develop the elevator brake, which stops the lift falling if the cords that hold it up are broken. It wasthis that did the most to gain public confidence in the new invention. In fact, he spent a number of years exhibiting lifts at fairgrounds, giving people the chance to try them out before selling the idea to architects and builders.A lift would not be a very good theme park attraction now. Going in a lift is such an everyday thing that it would just be boring. Yet psychologists and others who study human behavior find lifts fascinating. The reason is simple. Scientists have always studied animals in zoos. The nearest they can get to that with humans is in observing them in lifts.“It breaks all the usual conventions about the bubble of personal space we carry around with us and you just can’t choose to move away,” says workplace psychologist, Gary Fitzgibbon. Being trapped in this setting can create different types of tensions, he says.Some people are scared of them. Others use them as an opportunity to get close to the boss. Some stand close to the door. Others hide in the corners. Most people try and shrink into the background. But some behave in a way that makes others notice them. There are a few people who just stand in a corner taking notes.Don’t worry about them. They fire probably from a university.31. “...these are cities concerned with the past”in the first paragraph refer to cities thatA. are worried about their past.B. have a glorious past to be proud of.C. want to maintain their traditional image.D. are very interested in their own history.32. The difficulty in constructing tall buildings in the 19th century lies inA. the shortage of money.B. the lack of a device to carry people upward.C. backward technology.D. mountains taking up land space.33. When Otis came up with the idea of a lift,A. he sold it to the architects and builders immediately.B. the Egyptians used it to build the Pyramids.C. it was aepted favorably by the public.D. most people had doubt about its safety.34. Which of the following best describes the experience of going in a lift now?A. Fascinating.B. Uninteresting.C. Frightening.D. Exciting.35. Psychologists find the lift a good place where they can study human behaviour becauseA. here humans behave the way animals do.B. people in a lift are all scared.C. here some people take notes.D. in a lift the bubble of personal space breaks. CBDBD模板,内容仅供参考。

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