职称英语(理工类)A级模拟试卷23(题后含答案及解析)

职称英语（理工类）A级模拟试卷23(题后含答案及解析)
题型有：1. 词汇选项 2. 阅读判断 3. 概括大意与完成句子 4. 阅读理解 5. 补全短文6. 完形填空
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个词或短语在括号中，请为每处括号部分的词汇或短语确定1个意义最为接近选项。

1．She exhibited great powers of endurance during the climb.
A．play
B．send
C．show
D．tell
正确答案：C
解析：划线词的意思是“展示，展览”，C项意为“展示，表明”，例：Her laziness showed in her exam results．她平时懒惰从她的考试成绩可以看得出来。

A项意为“玩；播放”，例：I could hear music playing on the radio．我听到收音机里演奏着音乐。

B项意为“发送”，例：She sent me a Christmas card．她给我寄来一张圣诞贺卡。

D项意为“讲(述)，告诉；吩咐；认出；显示；生效”，例：I always tell my daughter a story before she goes to sleep．女儿睡觉之前，我总讲故事给她听。

2．The eternal motion of the stars fascinated him.
A．long
B．never-ending
C．boring
D．extensive
正确答案：B
解析：划线词的意思是“永恒的，永久的”，B项意为“不停的，无限的”，例：I’m tired of your never--ending complaints．我听腻了你那没完没了的抱怨。

A 项意为“长(期)的(地)；渴望”，例：We have, however, a rather long way to go.我们仍然还有好多路要走。

C项意为“令人厌烦的，无聊的”，例：He’s likeable enough, but a bit boring．他挺讨人喜欢，就是有点无聊。

D项意为“广大的，广阔的；广泛的”，例：The teacher had both extensive knowledge and profound scholarship．先生的学问博大精深。

3．She could not answer, it was an immense load off her heart.
A．natural
B．fatal
C．tiny
D．enormous
正确答案：D
解析：划线词的意思是“广大的，巨大的”，D项意为“巨大的，庞大的”，例：Their sitting room was enormous．他们的起居室很大。

A项意为“自然的，正常的”，例：It is natural that such a hardworking student should pass the exam．这么用功的学生考试及格是很自然的事。

B项意为“致命的，灾难性的；重大的，决定性的”，例：Fatal accidents have decreased in frequency over recent years．近年来死亡事故发生的频率已经下降。

C项意为“微小的”，例：A tiny fishing boat was drifting slowly along．一只小小的渔船在缓缓地漂去。

4．The book made a great impact on its readers.
A．force
B．influence
C．surprise
D．power
正确答案：B
解析：划线词的意思是“影响”，B项意为“影响”，例：Listening to the music has a calming influence on her．听音乐对她起了一种镇静的作用。

A项意为“军队；暴力；强迫；用力推动”，例：The moral force is on our side．道义的力量在我们一边。

C项意为“惊奇”，例：what a surprise!真是出人意料的事!D项意为“力量，能力”，例：She lost her power of speech．她失去了说话的能力。

5．Accompanied by cheerful music, we began to dance.
A．pleasant
B．colorful
C．fashionable
D．different
正确答案：A
解析：划线词的意思是“高兴的；使人感到愉快的”，A项意为“令人愉快的”，例：The walk was very pleasant．那次散步很愉快。

B项意为“多姿多彩的”，例：He gave a colorful account of lire in Samoa．他生动地叙述了萨摩亚群岛上的生活。

C项意为“时尚的”，例：It became fashionable for the rich to winter in the sun．在阳光充足的地方过冬成了富人的时尚。

D项意为“不同的”，例：My husband has several shirts of different colors．我丈夫有好几件颜色不同的衬衫。

6．He was not eligible for the examination because he was over age.
A．competitive
B．diligent
C．qualified
D．competent
正确答案：C
解析：划线词的意思为“符合条件的，合格的”，C项意为“有资格的”，与划线词意思相近，例：He is a qualified scientist．他是个合格的科学家。

故选C。

A项意为“有竞争力的”，例：A competitive person loves to win and hates to lose．竞争心强的人喜欢赢讨厌输。

B项意为“勤奋的”，例：John is more diligent than anyone else in his class．约翰比班上其他的同学用功。

D项意为“能胜任的”，例：He is competent enough to fill that position．他足以胜任那职位。

7．Her novel depicts an ambitious Chinese.
A．writes
B．sketches
C．describes
D．indicates
正确答案：C
解析：划线词的意思是“描绘，描述”，C项意为“描写，描述”，例：The police asked me to describe exactly how it happened．警察让我描述一下这事是怎样发生的。

A项意为“写”，例：I have to write an essay for next week’s seminar．我要为下周的讨论会写一篇文章。

B项意为“写生；速写；为……绘草图”，例：He sketched the coal miner in a few minutes．他几分钟就画了一幅那位煤矿工人的素描。

D项意为“表明”，例：Research indicates that men find it easier to give up smoking than women．研究表明，男人比女人更容易戒烟。

8．Don’t irritate her, she’s on a short fuse today.
A．tease
B．attract
C．annoy
D．protect
正确答案：C
解析：划线词的意思是“使恼怒”，C项意为“使恼怒”，例：His mother was annoyed with him for being so rude to their neighbors．他母亲因为他对邻居如此粗暴无礼而生他的气。

A项意为“戏弄”，例：Don’t take it seriously--he’s only teasing．别把它当真，他只不过是在开玩笑。

B项意为“吸引”，例：The flower show attracted large crowds this year．今年的花展吸引了大批观众。

D项意为“保护”，例：These rare tigers are protected by special laws．这些珍贵的老虎受到专门法律的保护。

9．It is absurd to go out in such terrible weather.
A．ridiculous
B．funny
C．odd
D．interesting
正确答案：A
解析：划线词的意思是“荒谬的”。

A项意为“荒谬的，可笑的”，例：who made this ridiculous rule?这条荒唐的规则是谁定的?B项意为“滑稽的”，例：The story was very funny．这个故事非常可笑。

C项意为“古怪的”，例：He’s an odd old man．他是个古怪的老头儿。

D项意为“有趣的”，例：There is an interesting program on television tonight．今天晚上的电视有一个有趣的节目。

10．I notified him that my address had changed.
A．informed
B．observed
C．mocked
D．misled
正确答案：A
解析：划线词的意思是“通知”，A项意为“通知”，与划线词意思一致，例：Please inform me by letter of your plans．请来信把你的计划告诉我。

B项意为“观察”，例：The police have been observing his movements．警方一直监视着他的一举一动。

C项意为“嘲笑”，例：We should not mock at other people’s religious beliefs．我们不应该嘲笑别人的宗教信仰。

D项意为“误导”，例：We were misled by the guide．向导给我们引错了路。

11．The manager allocate duties to the clerks.
A．assign
B．persuade
C．ask
D．order
正确答案：A
解析：划线词的意思是“分配，分派，把……拨给”，A项意为“指派；分配”，例：Jack was assigned to the assembly shop of the factory．杰克被分配到厂里的装配间工作。

B项意为“说服”，例：The salesman persuaded us to buy his product．那个推销员说服了我们买他的产品。

C项意为“询问；请求”，例：I have asked some friends for tea．我请了一些朋友来喝茶。

D项意为“命令”，例：The chairman ordered silence．主席要大家安静。

12．The once barren hillsides are now good farmland.
A．hairless
B．bare
C．empty
D．bald
正确答案：B
解析：划线词的意思是“贫瘠的”，B项意为“光秃的”，与划线词意思相近，例：The fierce sun parched the bare earth．灼热的阳光炙烤着光秃秃的大地。

A项意为“无毛发的”，例：His face is smooth and hairless．他的脸光滑无毛。

C项意
为“空的”，例：His room is empty．他的房间是空的。

D项意为“秃头的”，例：He shaved his head bald．他剃了个光头。

13．It is postulated that a cure for the disease will have been found by the year 2000.
A．challenged
B．assumed
C．deducted
D．decreed
正确答案：B
解析：划线词的意思是“假定”，B项意为“假定，设想”，例：I assumed you can speak French fluently．我以为你能讲流利的法语。

A项意为“挑战”，例：They had challenged and beaten the best team in the world．他们曾向世界上最强的球队挑战并将他们打败。

C项意为“扣除，减去”，例：Nowadays income tax is normally deducted from a person’s wages．现在，所得税通常是在发工资前就已经扣除了。

D项意为“判决，裁定”，例：The committee decreed the movie unsuitable for children．委员会裁定这部影片为儿童不宜片。

14．We must abide by the rules.
A．stick to
B．persist in
C．safeguard
D．apply
正确答案：A
解析：划线词的意思是“遵守(坚持)”，A项意为“坚持”，例：We must stick to the principle．我们必须坚持原则。

B项意为“坚持”，in表示“在……方面”，一般指坚持做某件事，后面不跟表示“原则”、“规则”、“合同”等词，，例：He will persist in riding that dreadful bicycle．他执意要骑那辆破自行车。

C项意为“保护，维护”，例：We must safeguard our national interests．我们必须保卫国家的利益。

D项意为“申请”，例：He has applied for a post in England．他已申请在英国供职。

15．From my standpoint, you know, this thing is just funny.
A．position
B．point of view
C．knowledge
D．opinion
正确答案：B
解析：划线词为合成词，stand(站立)+point(点)→standpoint(立场，观点)。

B 项也有“观点”的意思，可以与划线词替换，例：From my point of view, teachers are not well paid．依我看，教师们薪水不高。

A项意为“位置”，例：The runners
got into position on the starting line．赛跑运动员已进入起跑线上的位置。

C项意为“知识”，例：Knowledge is power．知识就是力量。

D项意为“观点”，但常用搭配为“in one’s opinion”，例：In my opinion，it is a very sound investment．照我的的看法，这是很可靠的投资。

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。

Biodiesel Yuthachai of Thailand has invented a home-grown alternative to expensive imported diesel, a biodiesel derived from vegetable oil. Biodiesel is winning political backing in Thailand because it uses coconut and palm oil, both of which are in price slumps, and it limits the reliance on overseas petroleum source, which have become increasingly expensive. Yuthachai, 56, has patented his coconut-oil fuel-making process. He developed his biodiesel 18 years ago, using knowledge he gained from working on a plantation and fixing farm machinery. He now sells his fuel at service stations, but refuses to sell his patent, despite attractive offers from overseas oil firms. He is determined to retain control of his formula and keep it accessible to farmers, so they can make their own fuel. There are several formulations of biodiesel, but Yuthachai’s is one of the most basic, using 20 parts crude coconut oil to one part kerosene. It requires only simple, affordable technology to make and works in unmodified, slow-running engines. Despite the public interest in biodiesel, the government has been cautious about Yuthachai’s fuel. Since there is currently no regulatory system for vegetable-oil fuels, Yuthachai’s fuel cannot be used in regular vehicles. But farmers and ferry operators are more enthusiastic, buying 700,000 liters a day of biodiesel made from crude vegetable oils to run farm machines and boats. Demand is growing: A liter of biodiesel is 4—6 US cents cheaper than diesel. According to some scientists, the biodiesel produced from crude coconut oil may not run through engines as easily as diesel, and fatty-acid deposits can damage engines in the long run. A solution may soon come from using waste cooking oil. An experimental biodiesel plant to refine the waste oil is being built in Thailand. The plant will show the biodiesel-making potential of 60,000 tonnes of waste cooking oil that Bangkok generates daily. Other Asian countries have been researching biodiesel—Malaysia, and the Philippines for 20 years—but Thailand is the first country to have public policy supporting its commercialization. That trend looks like continuing, with the government in talks with a U. S. company to build a more advanced plant in Thailand. Until that’s working, homegrown biodiesels will help boost the fortunes of struggling Thais.
16．Thailand suffers a lot due to the price slumps of its biodiesel.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
正确答案：C
解析：文章没有涉及“由于生物柴油价格暴跌，泰国损失惨重”这一话题。

17．Biodiesel is superior in quality to traditional petroleum.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
正确答案：B
解析：本题给出的信息是错误的。

事实上，根据第五段的第一句：“the biodiesel Droduced from crude coconut oil may not run through engines as easily as diesel，and fatty-acid deposits can damage engines in the long run，”生物柴油的质量比普通油要差些。

18．Biodiesel can be made from coconut and palm oil, or from waste cooking oil.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
正确答案：A
解析：本题给出的信息是正确的。

第一段说及生物柴油的原料是椰油和棕榈油，第五段又说到生物柴油还可用废烹调油制成。

19．Malaysia, and the Philippines are the first countries in the world to have public policy supporting the commercialization of biodiesels.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
正确答案：B
解析：本题给出的信息与事实正好相反。

事实是：泰国是用政府政策支持生物柴油商业化的第一个国家。

根据在倒数第二段。

20．Yuthachai’s fuel is welcomed by both farmers and ferry operators for its low prices.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
正确答案：A
解析：本题给出的信息是正确的。

根据见第四段第三句。

21．Yuthachai, the inventor of biodiesel, is currently the general manager of a US-Thailand joint venture in Bangkok.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
正确答案：C
解析：文章没有提到Yuthachai担任泰关合资公司执行总裁一事。

22．It seems that Yuthachai places his fellow farmers’ interest before his own.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
正确答案：A
解析：Yuthachai抵御外国石油公司的诱惑，拒绝出让生产生物柴油的专利，目的是让泰国农民能利用他的配方，自行生产生物柴油。

根据见第二段。

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段每段选择一个最佳标题；(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。

Local Newspapers in Britain 1. Britain has a large circulation (发行量) of the national newspapers. The Daily Mirror and The Daily Express both sell about 4 million copies each day. On average, every family will buy one newspaper in the morning, and take two or three on Sundays. 2. Local newspapers are just as popular as the national ones in Britain. Local papers have a weekly circulation of 13 million. Nearly every town and country area has its own paper, and almost every local paper is financially holding its own. Many local newspapers are earning good profits.
3. Local newspapers have their special characteristics. They mainly satisfy interest in local events-births, weddings, deaths, council meetings, and sports. Editors often rely on a small staff of people who know the district well. Clubs and churches in the neighborhood regularly supply these papers with much local news. Local news does not get out of date as quickly as national news. If there is no room for it in this week’s edition, a news item can be held over until the following week.
4. The editor of a local newspaper never forgets that the success of any newspaper depends on advertising. For this reason, he is keen to keep the good will of local businessmen. If the newspaper sells well with carefully chosen news items to attract local readers, the businessmen will be grateful to the paper for the opportunity of keeping their products in the public eyes.
5. Local newspapers seldom comment on problems of national importance, and editors rarely take sides on political questions. But they can often provide service to the community in expressing public feeling on local issues. A
newspaper can sometimes persuade the council to take action to improve transport, provide better shopping facilities, and preserve local monuments and places of interest.
A. Keeping Good Relations with Local Businessmen
B. Service Provided by Local Newspapers
C. Large Circulation of the National Newspapers
D. Special Features of Local Newspapers
E. Power of Local Newspapers
F. Popularity of Local Newspapers
23．Paragraph 2 ______.
正确答案：F
解析：本题考查的是对所读材料大意与主旨的掌握。

本段的中心意思是当地报纸在英国很流行。

24．paragraph 3 ______.
正确答案：D
解析：本题考查的是对所读材料大意与主旨的掌握。

本段主要是讲当地报纸特殊的特点。

25．Paragraph 4 ______.
正确答案：A
解析：本题考查的是对所读材料大意与主旨的掌握。

本段的中心意思是报纸编辑需要与当地的商人保持良好的关系，从而获得成功。

26．Paragraph 5 ______.
正确答案：B
解析：本题考查的是对所读材料大意与主旨的掌握。

本段侧重于讲当地报纸主要为当地人提供服务。

A. a lot of money
B. national people
C. morning
D. local people
E. national issues
F. local issues
27．British people have the habit of reading newspapers in the______.
正确答案：C
解析：本题考查的是对文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。

依据“On average，every family will buy one newspaper in the morning”
28．Many local newspapers in Britain are making______.
正确答案：A
解析：本题考查的是对文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。

依据“Many local newspapers are earning good profits．”
29．Local newspapers are well received because they carry articles that please______.
正确答案：D
解析：本题考查的是对文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。

依据“They mainly satisfy interest in local events-births，weddings，deaths，council meetings，and sports．”
30．Local newspapers rarely give opinions on______.
正确答案：E
解析：本题考查的是对文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。

依据“Local newspapers seldom comment on problems of national importance，and editors rarely take sides on political questions．”
阅读理解(第31-45题，每题3分，共45分)下面有3篇短文后有5道题。

请根据短文内容，为每题选1个最佳选项。

The Gene Industry Major companies are already in pursuit of commercial applications of the new biology. They dream of placing enzymes (酶) in the automobile to monitor exhaust and send data on pollution to a microprocessor (微处理器) that will then adjust the engine. They speak of what the New York Times calls metal--hungry microbes that might be used to mine valuable trace metals from ocean water. They have already demanded and won the right to patent new life forms. Nervous critics, including many scientists, worry that there is corporate, national, international, and inter-scientific rivalry in the entire biotechnological (生物科技的) field. They create images not of oil spills, but of microbe spills that could spread disease and destroy entire populations. The creation and accidental release of extremely poisonous microbes, however, is only one cause for alarm. Completely rational and respectable scientists are talking about possibilities that stagger (使震惊) the imagination. Should we breed people with cowlike stomachs so they can digest grass and hay, thereby relieving the food problem by modifying us to eat lower down on the food chain? Should we biologically alter workers to fit the job requirement, for example, creating pilots with faster reaction times or assembly-line workers designed to do our monotonous work for us? Should we attempt to eliminate inferior people and breed a super-race? (Hitler tried this, but without the genetic weaponry that may soon issue from our laboratories.) Should we produce soldiers to do our fighting? Should we use genetic (遗传的) forecasting to pre-eliminate (除去) unfit (不合适的) babies? Should we grow reserve organs for ourselves, each of us having, as it were, a “savings bank “ full of spare kidney, livers, or hands? Wild
as thses notions may sound, every one has its advocates (and opposers) in the scientific community as well as its striking commercial application. As two critics of genetic engineering, Jeremy Rifkin and Ted Howard, state in their book Who Should Play God? “Broad scale genetic engineering will probably be introduced to America much the same way sa assembly lines, automobiles, vaccines, computers and all the other technologies. As each new genetic advance boomes commercially practical, a new consumer need will be exploitde and a market for the new technology will be created. “
31．According to the passage, the new biology could potentially solve the pollution problem of automobiles by
A．using metal-hungry microbes.
B．making use of enzymes.
C．adjusting the engines.
D．patenting new lifeforms.
正确答案：B
32．According to the passage, which of the following would most probably worry the critics of the following would most probably worry the critics of the new biology?
A．The microbes in the ocean warter.
B．The creation and application of biological solar cells.
C．The accidental oil spills.
D．The unexpected release of destructive micrbes.
正确答案：D
33．Which of the following possibilities of the biotechnological applications is NOT mentioned in the third paragraph?
A．Developing a savings bank of one’s orangs.
B．Breeding soldiers for a war.
C．Producing people with cow-like stomachs.
D．Using genetic forecasting to curt diseases.
正确答案：D
34．According to the passage, Hitler had attempted to
A．biologically change the pilots to win the war.
B．develop genetic farming for increasing the food supply.
C．kill the people he thought of as being inferior.
D．encourage the development of genetic weapons for the war.
正确答案：C
35．What is the implication of the sratement of Jeremy Rifkin and Ted Howard?
A．The commercial applications of genetic engineering are inevitable.
B．Large-scale genetic engineering has occurred in the Untied States.
C．Americans are proud of their computers, automobiles and genetic technologies.
D．The potential application of each new genetic advance should be controlled.
正确答案：A
Male and Female Pilots Cause Accidents Differently Male pilots flying general aviation (private) aircraft in the United States are more likely to crash due to inattention or flawed decision making. While female pilots are more likely to crash from mishandling (错误地处理) the aircraft (航行器). These are the results of a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study identifies the differences between male and female pilots in terms of circumstances of the crash and the type of pilots error involved. “Crashes of general aviation aircraft account for 85 percent of all aviation deaths”in the United States. The crash rate for male pilots as for motor vehicle drivers, exceeds that of crashes of female pilots, “explains Susan P. Baker, MPH, professor of health policy and management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. “Because pilot youth and inexperience are established contributors to aviation crashes, we focused on only mature pilots, to determine the gender differences in the reasons for the crash. The researchers extracted data for this study from a large research project on pilot aging and flight safety. The data were gathered from general aviation (航行) crashes of airplanes and helicopters between 1983 and 1997, involving 144 female pilots and 267 male pilots aged 40--63. Female pilots were matched with male pilots in a 1:2 ratio, by age, classes of medical and pilot certificates, state or area of crash, and year of crash. Then the circumstances of the crashes and the pilot error involved were categorized and coded without knowledge of pilot gender. The researchers found that loss of control on landing or takeoff was the most common circumstance for both sexes, leading to 59 percent of female pilots’crashes and 36 percent of males’. Experiencing mechanical failure, running out of fuel (燃料), and landing the plane with the landing gear up were among the factors more likely with males, while stalling was more likely with females. The majority of the crashes -- 95 percent for females and 88 percent for males -- involved at least one type of pilot error. Mishandling aircraft kinetics was the most common error for both sexes, but was more common among females (accounting for 81 percent of the crashes) than males (accounting for 48 percent). Males, however, appeared more likely to be guilty of poor decision-making, risk-taking, and inattentiveness, examples of which include misjudging weather and visibility or flying an aircraft with a known defect (过失). Females, though more likely to mishandle or lose control of the aircraft, were generally more careful than their male counterparts.
36．What is the research at Johns Hopkins University about?
A．Causes of aircraft crash.
B．Gender difference in relation to types of aircraft crashes.
C．Causes of mishandling aircraft.
D．Gender discrimination in general aviation in the United States.
正确答案：B
37．Which of the statements is NOT true according to the second paragraph?
A．Crashes of general aviation aircraft are a major source of aviation accidents in the United States.
B．Male pilots, like male vehicle drivers, are more likely to have accidents than female pilots.
C．It is commonly known that aircraft crashes are mostly caused by young and inexperienced pilots.
D．Only mature pilots are studied to determine the gender differences in the reasons for aircraft crash.
正确答案：D
38．How did the researchers carry out their study?
A．They studied the findings of several previous research projects.
B．They conduced a questionnaire with 411 pilots.
C．They collected data from the database at the Johns Hopkins University
D．They analyzed the circumstances of the crashes involved.
正确答案：A
39．What is the most common circumstance of crash with female pilots?
A．Mechanical failure and running out of fuel.
B．Loss of control on landing or takeoff and stalling.
C．Loss of control on landing or takeoff and running out of fuel.
D．Stalling and landing with the gear up.
正确答案：B
40．In the comparison of female and male pilots,
A．female pilots are found to be more courageous and risk--taking.
B．male pilots are found to be more professional and attentive.
C．female pilots are found to make more errors out of carelessness.
D．male pilots are found to make more errors in decision--making.
正确答案：D
Can Buildings Be Designed to Resist Terrorist Attack In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, structural engineers are trying hard to solve a question that a month ago would have been completely unthinkable.. Can building be designed to withstand catastrophic (灾难的) blasts inflicted by terrorists? Ten days after the terrorist attacks on the twin towers, structural engineers from the University at Buffalo (布法罗) and the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) headquartered(总部) at UB traveled to ground zero as part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation. Visiting the site as part of an MCEER reconnaissance visit. They spent two days beginning the task of formulating ideas about how to design such structures and to search for clues on how to do so in buildings that were damaged, but still are standing. “Our objective in visiting ground zero was to go and look at the buildings surrounding the World Trade Center, those buildings that are still standing,but that sustained damage,”said Mr. Bruneau, Ph. D. “Our immediate hope is that we can develop a better understanding as to why those buildings remain standing,while our long-term goal is to see whether earthquake engineering technologies can be married to existing technologies to achieve enhanced performance of buildings in the event of terrorist attacks. “he added. Photographs taken by the investigators demonstrate in startling detail the monumental damage inflicted on the World Trade Center towers and buildings in the vicinity. One building a block away from the towers remains standing, but was badly damaged. “This building is many meters away from the World Trade Center and yet we see a column there that used to be part of mat building. “ explained A. Whittaker, Ph. D. “The column became a missile that shot across the road,through the window and through the floor. The visit to the area also revealed some surprises, according to the engineers. For example, the floor framing system in one of the adjacent buildings was quite rugged (高低不平的) ,allowing floors that were pierced by tons of falling debris to remain intact. “Highly redundant ductile framing systems may provide a simple, but robust strategy for blast resistance, “he added. Other strategies may include providing alternate (交替) paths for gravity loads in the event that a load-bearing column fails. “We also need a better understanding of the mechanism of collapse. “said A. Whittaker. “We need to find out what causes a building to collapse and how you can predict it. “ A. Reinhorn, Ph.D. noted that “earthquake shaking has led to the collapse of many buildings in the past. It induces, dynamic response and extremely high stresses and deformations in structural components (成分). Solutions developed for earthquake-resistant design may be directly applicable to blast engineering and terrorist-resistant design. Part of our mission now at UB is to transfer these solutions and to develop new ones where none exist at present. “
41．The question raised in the first paragraph is one
A．that was asked by structural engineers a month ago.
B．that is too difficult for structural engineers to answer even now.
C．that was never thought of before the terrorist attack.
D．that terrorists are eager to find a solution to.
正确答案：C
42．The project funded by the National Science Foundation
A．was first proposed by some engineers at UB
B．took about two days to complete.
C．was to investigate the damage caused by the terrorist attack.
D．was to find out why some buildings could survive the blasts.
正确答案：D
43．The column mentioned by Dr. Whittaker
A．was part of the building close to the World Trade Center.
B．was part of the World Trade Center.
C．was shot through the window and the floor of the World Trade Center.
D．damaged many buildings in the vicinity of the World Trade Center.
正确答案：B
44．A surprising discovery made by the investigators during their visit to ground zero is that
A．floors in the adjacent buildings remain undamaged.
B．some floor framing systems demonstrate resistance to explosion.
C．simple floor framing systems are more blast resistant.
D．floors in one of the adjacent buildings were pierced by tons of debris.
正确答案：B
45．What Dr. Reinhorn said in the last paragraph may imply all the following EXCEPT that
A．blast engineers should develop new solutions for terror-resistant design.
B．blast engineering can borrow technologies developed for terror-resistant design.
C．solutions developed for earthquake-resistant design may apply to terrorist-resistant design.
D．blast engineering emerges as a new branch of science.
正确答案：D
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The Arctic Ice is Thawing Father Christmas may have to move his “workshop” from the North Pole because global warming is thawing the ice beneath his feet and his reindeers, feet as well. His” workshop” is in dire straits. The “platform “for the “workshop”is melting, said Stefan Norris of the World Wildlife Fund Environmental Group’s Arctic Program. An eight-nation report by 250 scientists published recently predicted the Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer by 2100 because of a build-up of beat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, mainly from burning fossil fuels in cars or factories. The North Pole is getting more and more inhabitable to Father Christmas,【46】. Young people learn that, Father Christmas’“workshop”produces millions of gifts delivered by him on a flying, reindeer-drawn sleigh. Hollywood movies like” The Polar Express” tried to make viewers believe that Father Christmas lives at the North Pole.【47】. The” Fortress of Solitude” is near the North Pole that could be under threat in a warmer world. Jan Boldt, spokesman of the Danish Ministry of Science, suggested ways to rescue Father Christmas.【48】. Another alternative, he argued, would be building some electrical facilities to ensure the ice stays on the North Pole for him. “This should be a subject for the United Nations. “he said” Danmark could build windmills to provide Father Christmas with power. “Denmark says Fair Christmas’s real home is Greenland, which will help, Denmark thinks, to strengthen its position in claiming the sovereignty over the Pole.【49】. “Doesn’t he already speak Danish?”Boldt said frostily when asked if Father Christmas would be forced to learn Danish if Denmark won international recognition of its claim to the Pole. Last month’s Arctic report said the region is warming twice as fast as the rest of the globe, partly because dark ground or water, once uncovered, soaks up more heat than ice or snow. Finland has been most favored by Father Christmas and it has about 500,000 tourists a year to visit its Christmas center in Rovaniemi in Lapland.【50】. A. However, Nordic nations all reject it by claiming that their countries are his home. B. Therefore the North Pole is the most attractive place in the world. C. If Denmark’s claim were accepted internationally, it would have the legal right to search for oil and gas at the North Pole.
D. One of them would be building a giant floating ice rink for the workshop if the Pole thaws.
E. Maybe Father Christmas has already moved to Rovaniemi.
F. He may have to move from the North Pole within one children’s lifetimes.
46．
正确答案：F
解析：该空前面两个句子讲的是，受全球气候变暖的影响，北极的冰正在融化，估计到2100年夏天北极将成为无冰的世界．北极越来越不适合圣诞老人居住了．于是，读者或许会猜想，在这种情况下，圣诞老人该怎么办呢?选项F说，“He may have to move from the North Pole within our children’s lifetimes”，其意思与上文意思相符，北极住不下去了，只能移居他处，因此F是正确答案。