中石化英语职称考试历年真题

2012年中国石油职称英语考试题及相应参考答案

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试卷一

I. Vocabulary

Directions: There are some incomplete sentences in this part. Beneath each sentence you will see four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.

1. German, spoken by just over 100 million people, is one of the world's

ten-largest languages __ population.

A. in place of

B. by means of

C. in terms of

D. by way of

2. Four score and seven years ago our fathers __ on this continent a new nation.

A. brought out

B. brought forth

C. brought about

D. brought up

3. The taxi had to because the traffic light had turned red.

A. set up

B. catch up

C. shut up

D. pull up

4. There are no extremes of temperature on South Island. Summers are warm, not

hot, and winters are brisk __ freezing.

A. in spite of

B. other than

C. rather than

D. regardless of

5. After we had been in the village for a few months, we so liked it that we decided

to settle there

A. in turn

B. for good

C. as usual

D. at most

6. Generous public funding of basic science would __ considerable benefits for

the country's health, wealth and security.

A. result from

B. lie in

C. lead to

D. figure out

7. Although I spoke to him many times, he never took any __ of what I said.

A. notice

B. warning

C. observation

D. attention

8. Our company decided to __ the contract because a number of the conditions

in it had not been met.

A. destroy

B. forbidden

C. assume

D. cancel

9. We'll visit Australia next year __ we have enough money.

A. provided

B. unless

C. until

D. lest

10. Scientists are about the formation of coal.

A. confidential

B. confer

C. confident

D. conform

11. William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, defended the right of every

citizen to freedom of choice in religion.

A. peculiarly

B. indifferently

C. vigorously

D. inevitably

12. The Great Wall is a famous tourist , drawing millions of visitors every year.

A. attention

B. attraction

C. appointment

D. arrangement

13. Purchasing the new production line will be a __ deal for the corporation.

A. profitable

B. tremendous

C. forceful

D. favorite

14. He felt a bit because her life seemed completely out of balance.

A. depressed

B. suppress

C. thoughtful

D. weakness

15. Some people wait for__ to come knocking. Some people sought it out.

A. necessity

B. opportunity

C. reality

D. probability