06269工程应用英语

工程应用英语课程一．单选题：

1. Computers are(B. useless)unless they are given clear and accurate instructions and information.

2. Active (B. Recruiting ) for engineers often begins before the student 's last year in the university.

3. For the student who is preparing to become a (C. Civilengineer ), these specialized courses may deal with such subjects as geodetic surveying, soil mechanics.

4. The civil engineer may work in research, design, construction,( B. Supervision ), maintenance, or even in sales.

5. Civil engineers work on many different kinds of (C. Structures).

6. In designing buildings, civil engineers often work as (B. Consultants) to architectural or construction firms.

7. Dams, bridges and other large projects ordinarily employ several engineers whose work is coordinated by a (D. Systems) engineer who is in charge of the entire project.

8. Construction is a(B. Complicated ) process on almost all engineering projects.

9. In compression, the material is (C. Pushed) together.

10. When a saw cuts easily through a piece of wood, the wood is ( A. in tension ).

11. We defined (D. Shear) as the tendency of a material to fracture along the lines of stress.

12. The principal construction materials of earlier times were wood and ( C. masonry brick ),stone, or tile, and similar materials. 13. Modern cement is a mixture of(B. limestone and clay).

14. Concrete is very (D. Versatile)

15. Steel has great tensile strength while concrete has great compressive strength, thus, the two substances (C. Complement ) each other.

16. One system that helps (A. Cut) concrete weight to some extent uses

polymers.

17. The retention money serves to insure

(D. the employer)against any defects that

may arise in the work.

18. The civil engineering work must be

completed to the satisfaction of the

employer, or his

(D. Representative)

19. For moderate and longer hauls, self-

loading scrapers pulled by rubber-tired

hauling units and push-loaded by tractors

offer( B. Lower ) cost.

20. Highway maintenance activities can be

grouped and classified according (D. to)the

purpose of the treatment.

21. Engineering is a profession, which

means that an engineer must have a

specialized(D．university )education.

22. In most cases, the tender may

be(B．Withdrawn )at any time until it has

been accepted.

23. Current trend is to require students to

take courses in the(C.social)science and the

language arts.

24. The law relating to contracts imposes on

each party to a contract (D. a legal obligation )

to perform.

25. Indeed, the civil engineer's choice is(C.

large)and varied.

26. Roadbeds (B. underlie ) highway

pavement structures and the ballast and

track on which trains move.

27. Construction can be very (A. dangerous).

28. Where material is moved less than

about 60m or steeply downhill, drifting with a

track or wheel type bulldozer is ( A. cheapest)

29. Thrust is the pressure exerted by each

part of a structure on (A. its other part)

30. The weight of all the people, cars,

furniture, and machines and so on that the

structure will support when it is in use is (B.

live load )

31. In tension, the material is(B. pulled

apart)

32. In fills constructed by end dumping or

by placing in thick layers, material, density,

and moisture content could (C. vary) greatly

from one spot to another.

33. Both (A. steel and cement), the two

most important construction materials of

modern times, were introduced in the

nineteenth century.

34. The total station is used to measure

angles in both vertical and horizontal planes,

and the level to measure (C. elevation

difference)

35. The (B. defective )vehicle is a creator of

accidents.

36. Prestressed concrete is an (B.

improved )form of reinforcement.

37. A simple contract consists of an

agreement entered into by( D. two or more

parties)

38. (B. Volume ) change would result in

differential settlement or swell between

adjacent areas.

39. There are two basic procedures for

controlling the embankment density:

‘manner and method'and ‘(A. result )'.

40. A main source of accidents, the problem

of(C. drunken)driving is the most serious of

all.

41. Computer programming is now included

in almost all engineering(B. curricula ).

42. The relationship between engineering

and society is getting( C. Closer)

43. Types of contracts are virtually

classified by their( D. payment )system: (1)

price-based and (2) cost-based.

44. Computers can't solve complicated

problems unless they are given( D. a good

program)

45. In recent years, rippers have been used

successfully to( C. break up)loose or

fractured rock.

46. Civil engineering projects are almost

always (A. distinctive )

47. Usually there are ( C. no )easy answers

on equipment selection.