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1 I have no alternative but to report him to the local police.
A opinion B means C choice D selection
2 The disease has completely abolished in this country.
A died out B died down C died away D died off
3 The boys looked for the ball for a while in the playground, but finally abandoned and went home.
A gave up B gave out C gave away D gave off
4 We all know that Sharon is a woman of strong political convictions.
A suggestions B beliefs C statements D claims
5 I’m afraid that your daughter has failed to get through her mid-term exams.
A pass off B pass away C pass D pass out
6 If you have any doubt, confer a doctor.
A answer B promise C teach D consult
7 The young actor was awarded the first prize for his wonderful performance.
A about B because C on D due to
8 The class of mammals embraces nearly all warm-blooded animals except the birds.
A takes on B takes over C takes in D takes up
9 The farmer encountered his fortune;his crops were destroyed by a storm.
A befell B dwelt on C suffered D fell among
10 He endured all kinds of hardships in his solo sailing around the world.
A suffered B experienced C last D overcome
11 Have you got a spare pen?
A a short B an extra C a thin D a long
12 We shall keep the money in a secure place.
A clean B secret C distant D safe
13 The city has decided to do away with all the old buildings in its centre.
A get rid of B set up C repair D paint
14 A ship was reported to be in distress a few miles out at sea.
A disorder B formation C service D danger
15 You should cultivate the habit of reading carefully.
A invent B begin C develop D initiate
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Nurses
The physicians in a hospital form the core of the medical staff. But they could not provide effective medical care to their patients without the help of numerous other medical workers. From the angle of the patients, the nursing staff is particularly important. Nurses are usually in close contact with patients as long as they are in the hospital.
A nurse does not study for as many years as a doctor. However, each must be equally trained. Caring for sick persons requires a great deal of patience and concern. Most nurses work long days, and they often must work at odd hours or during the night.
The nursing staff in a hospital is usually quite large and various. Nursing services, after all, must be provided on a 24-hour basis. There are professional(专业的) nurses, practical nurses, nurse’s aids, and orderlies(勤杂工). The general term nurse refers to a person trained to offer bedside care to sick persons.
Under the supervision(管理) of the head nurse, the nursing staff in a hospital ward must attend to patients needs. This responsibility continues around the clock, and so nurses must work in shifts. A shift is a period of duty, usually eight hours in length. The nurses on the ward rotate(轮换) their shifts. Some take turns working night duty;other work odd shifts. All of them work out of a central area on the ward called the nurse’s station.
A nurse must always be on her guard. She can never afford to be careless. This is true in all nursing situations, but it is especially true in the intensive care unit. Patients under intensive care are critically ill, and they must be monitored at all times. The nurses who do intensive care duty have one of the most demanding jobs in the hospital.
16 The physicians in a hospital are less important than the nursing staff.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
17 The nurses in a hospital usually spend more time with the patients than the physicians.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
18 A nurse is not qualified if she does not have patience and show concern for her patients.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
19 Nurses often earn as much money as physicians do because they tend to work long days and at odd hours.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
20 Nursing services in a hospital are generally available around the clock.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
21 The nurse’s station is the only place where nurses in a hospital ward can be found.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
22 Nurses who work in the intensive care unit in a hospital are better trained than other nurses.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
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On British Newspapers
1 Besides the daily newspapers, there are a number of Sunday newspapers in Britain. Many of them are connected with the “dailies”, though not run by the same editor and his members. The Sunday papers are larger than the daily papers and usually contain more articles concerned with comment and general information rather than news. The national daily and Sunday papers have the largest circulation in the world. Of the Sunday papers, the Observer and the Sunday Times are the best known.
2 It is a regrettable fact that the number of magazines of a literary or political nature has dropped since the war. This has probably been caused by the ever-wider use of radio and television. The most successful magazines are those published for women. Their covers are designed to catch the eye, and they certainly succeed in doing so!They offer their readers articles on fashion, needlework, and many other matters of female interest. They also provide advice to those in love, and adventures with handsome heroes. Some women’s magazines also include serious articles of more general interest.
3 The visitor who looks at the magazines displayed in a large bookstore which may be found in an important railway station will notice that there is a wide variety of technical books and magazines. There are magazines for the motorist, the farmer, the gardener, the nurse, and many others.
4 There are many local and regional newspapers. It is common in Britain for a news agent to deliver the morning papers to his customers for a small extra payment;this service is usually performed by boys and girls who want to earn some pocket-money.
23 Paragraph 1
24 Paragraph 2
25 Paragraph 3
26 Paragraph 4
A A Wide Variety of Books And Magazines
B The Outline of British Newspapers
C The Cause for Dropping
D The Most Successful Magazines
E Deliver Service
F The Sunday Papers
27 The most successful magazines’covers .
28 are the best known of the Sunday papers.
29 It is not special in Britain to see .
30 Women’s magazines include .
A are designed to catch the eyes
B boys and girls deliver the morning papers
C Sunday papers
D Serious articles of more general interest
E The Observer and the Sunday Times
F many local and regional newspaper
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第一篇 How to Start a Small Business in the US
People from other countries often take America as the “land of opportunity”. Americans, too, believe that the country gives no end of chances to those who want to open their own businesses. Today, many Americans are still trying hard to become small business people, although only one out of two remains in operation after the first two years.
Many people start their small businesses for the wrong reasons. They want to get away from the paper work of their present jobs, or to exchange the responsibility of their present jobs for free life styles. But more, not less, paper work and responsibility come with ownership of a small business.
Thomas is the owner of the news magazine Mother Earth, which is now quite successful. He says that he had to work sixty hours without stopping when he was trying to bring out the first issue.
Thomas had waited for years after he came up with the idea for Mother Earth. During that time, he collected as much information as he could about his business. He borrowed books from the library, talked to successful people in the field, and began planning carefully the amount of money and the kinds and numbers of supplies he would need. When he finally opened with a capital of $1，500，he set up his office in the kitchen and his printing press in the garage. Owing to his devotion(投入)to business, his talent, and his skill in management, Mother Earth now has a circulation(发行量) of 300，000.
Not all small businesses are doing as fine as Mother Earth as 50% of the 450, 000 that start in America every year fail. Still, 95% of businesses in the US can be called “small”. Altogether these businesses amount to 40% of America’s gross national product(国民生产总值).
31 According to the passage, which of the following is true of the small businesses in the U. S. ?
A All of them close down in the first two years.
B Most of them fail within the first two years.
C They all make big profits.
D Only half of them continue to operate after the first two years.
32 According to paragraph 2, many people start small businesses in order to
A do heavy work or earn more money.
B do less paper work or take less responsibility.
C do more paper work or take less responsibility.
D do light work or live quiet lives.
33 What preparations did Thomas make before he started his business?
A He stayed at home.
B He borrowed money from a bank.
C He made investigations and drew up a plan.
D He wrote a book.
34 Thomas’success can be attributed to
A his talent, his skill in management, and his devotion to his work.
B his good luck.
C his good relations with a business manager.
D his good treatment of his workers.
35 How many businesses in the U. S. can be called “small”?
A 5%.
B 40%.
C 50%.
D 95%.
NASA scientists said that Mars was covered once by vast lakes, flowing rivers and a variety of other wet environments that had the potential to support life.
Laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced by the heating of samples.
"We have water," said William Boynton of the University of Arizona, lead scientist for the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, or TEGA. "This is the first time Martian water has been touched and tasted."
The robotic arm is a critical part of the Phoenix Mars mission. It is needed to trench into the icy layers of northern polar Mars and deliver samples to instruments that will analyze what Mars is made of, what its water is like, and whether it is or has ever been a possible habitat for life.
The soil sample came from a trench approximately 2 inches deep. When the robotic arm first reached that depth, it hit a hard layer of frozen soil. Two attempts to deliver samples of icy soil on days when fresh material was exposed were foiled when the samples became stuck inside the scoop. Most of the material in Wednesday's sample had been exposed to the air for two days, letting some of the water in the sample vaporize away and making the soil easier to handle.
"Mars is giving us some surprises," said Phoenix principal investigator Peter Smith of the University of Arizona. "We're excited because surprises are where discoveries come from. One surprise is how the soil is behaving. The ice-rich layers stick to the scoop when poised in the sun above the deck, different from what we expected, from all the Mars simulation testing we've done so far."
Since landing on May 25, Phoenix has been studying soil with a chemistry lab, TEGA, a microscope, a conductivity probe and cameras. The science team is trying to determine whether the water ice ever thaws enough to be available for biology and if carbon-containing chemicals and other raw materials for life are present.
The mission is examining the sky as well as the ground. A Canadian instrument is using a laser beam to study dust and clouds overhead.
"It's a 30-watt light bulb giving us a laser show on Mars," said Victoria Hipkin of the Canadian Space Agency.
A full-circle, color panorama of Phoenix's surroundings also has been completed by the spacecraft.
"The details and patterns we see in the ground show an ice-dominated terrain as far as the eye can see," said Mark Lemmon of Texas A & M University, lead scientist for Phoenix's Surface Stereo Imager camera. "They help us plan measurements we're making within reach of the robotic arm and interpret those measurements on a wider scale."
36. What was discovered by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on Mars?
A Vast lakes.
B Flowing rivers.
C Water in a soil sample.
D Living things.
37. Why did the first two attempts to deliver samples fail?
A The sample vaporized away.
B Fresh material was exposed to the air.
C The samples got stuck inside the scoop.
D The robotic arm hit a hard rock.
38. Which one of the following statements is NOT meant by the writer?
A Scientists have been trying to break the ice-rich layers of soil on Mars.
B Scientists have been surprised by how the soil on Mars behaves.
C Scientists have been trying to find out if there is life supporting material on Mars.
D Scientists have been trying to know if water ice will melt.
39. Where are the scientists involved in the research from?
A They are from America.
B They are from Canada.
C They are from both America and Canada.
D They are from neither America nor Canada.
40. Which of the following do you think is the best description of Phoenix's Surface Stereo Imager camera, according to your understanding of the passage?
A It imitates human vision and is able to capture three-dimensional images.
B It imitates human voice and is able to record slight sounds while taking photos.
C It takes clear photos that show every detail of the object.
D It is this particular type of camera that can take wide angle pictures.
Scientists have long understood that super massive black holes weighing millions or billions of suns can tear apart stars that come too close. The black hole's gravity pulls harder on the nearest part of the star, an imbalance that pulls the star apart over a period of minutes or hours, once it gets close enough.
Scientists say this uneven pulling is not the only hazard facing the star. The strain of these unbalanced forces can also trigger a nuclear explosion powerful enough to destroy the star from within. Matthieu Brassart and Jean-Pierre Luminet of the Observatoire de Paris in Meudon, France1, carried out computer simulations of the final moments of such an unfortunate star's life, as it veered towards a super massive black hole.
When the star gets close enough, the uneven forces flatten it into a pancake shape. Some previous studies had suggested this flattening would increase the density and temperature inside the star enough to trigger intense nuclear reactions that would tear it apart. But other studies had suggested that the picture would be complicated by shock waves generated during the flattening process and that no nuclear explosion should occur.
The new simulations investigated the effects of shock waves in detail, and found that even when their effects are included, the conditions favor a nuclear explosion. "There will be an explosion of the star — it will be completely destroyed," Brassart says. Although the explosion obliterates the star, it saves some of the star's matter from being devoured by the black hole. The explosion is powerful enough to hurl much of the star's matter out of the black hole's reach, he says.
The devouring of stars by black holes may already have been observed, although at a much later stage. It is thought that several months after the event that rips the star apart, its matter starts swirling into the hole itself. It heats up as it does so, releasing ultraviolet light and X-rays.
If stars disrupted near black holes really do explode, then they could in principle allow these events to be detected at a much earlier stage, says Jules Halpern of Columbia University in New York, US2. "It may make it possible to see the disruption of that star immediately if it gets hot enough," he says.
Brassart agrees. "Perhaps it can be observed in the X-rays and gamma rays, but it's something that needs to be more studied," he says. Supernova researcher Chris Fryer of the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico, US3 , says the deaths of these stars are difficult to simulate, and he is not sure whether the researchers have proven their Case that they explode in the process.
41. Something destructive could happen to a star that gets too close to a black hole. Which of the following destructive statements is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A The black hole could tear apart the star.
B The black hole could trigger a nuclear explosion in the star.
C The black hole could dwindle its size considerably,
D The black hole could devour the star.
42. According to the third paragraph, researchers differed from each other in the problem of
A whether nuclear reaction would occur.
B whether the stars would increase its density and temperature.
C whether shock waves would occur.
D whether the uneven forces would flatten the stars.
43. According to the fourth paragraph, which of the following is NOT true?
A No nuclear explosion would be triggered inside the star.
B The star would be destroyed completely.
C Much of the star's matter thrown by the explosion would be beyond the black hole's reach.
D The black hole would completely devour the star.
44. What will happen several months after the explosion of the star?
A The star's matter will move further away from by the black hole.
B The black hole's matter will heat up.
C The torn star's matter will swirl into the black hole.
D The black hole's matter will release ultraviolet light and X-rays.
45. According to the context, the word "disruption" in Paragraph: 6 means
A "Confusion. "
B "Tearing apart."
C "Interruption. "
D "Flattening. "
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So What
A man was coming home late one night—about three o’clock in the morning—when he saw a guy standing in front of a house with a horse. The man with the horse stopped him and said，“ 46 ”
“Well, what would you like me to do?” asked the passer-by.
“I want you to help me get this horse upstairs. ”
“Why?”
“ 47 I haven’t got time to explain. Would you just help me, please?”
Together they pushed the horse up the steps and into the hallway, then up three flights of stairs and into the mans flat. When they got inside, the man with the horse said，“ 48 ”
Fearful that he might be dealing with a mad man, the passer-by helped the man lift one foreleg(前腿)，then the second foreleg, then one hind(后面的)leg, then the second hind leg, and there stood the horse in the bathtub.
“Now, ” said the passer-by, “would you mind telling me what this is all about?”
“Well, ” said the man with the horse，“I’ll tell you. I’ve got a brotherin-law who lives here with me. 49 I can’t tell him anything. No matter what I tell him, he says, ‘So what!’No matter what information I give him, he says, ‘So what!’ He’s out late tonight. 50 I want him to come upstairs, open the door, take off his clothes, put on his pajamas, go into the bathroom, then come running out yelling，‘Sol!Sol!There’s a horse it the bathtub!’ and I’ll say, ‘So what!’”
A Well, I can’t tell you at the moment.
B He is a very smart fellow.
C The man with the horse got in side.
D Brother, could you give me a hand here?
E He’ll be home about four o’clock.
F Now will you help me get the horse with his feet in the bathtub?
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Sharks Perform a Service for Earth's Waters
It is hard to get people to think of sharks as anything but a deadly enemy. They are thought to 51 people frequently. But these fish perform a 52 service for earth's waters and for human beings. Yet business and sport fishing are threatening their 53 Some sharks are at risk of disappearing from 54 .
Warm weather may influence both fish and shark activity. Many fish swim near coastal areas 55 their warm waters. Experts say sharks may follow the fish into the same areas, 56 people also swim. In fact, most sharks do not purposely charge at or bite humans. They are thought to mistake a person 57 a sea animal, such as a seal or sea lion. That is why people should not swim in the ocean when the sun goes down or comes up. Those are the 58 when sharks are looking for food. Experts also say that bright colors and shiny jewelry may cause sharks to attack.
A shark has an extremely good sense of smell. It can find small amounts of substances in water, such as blood, body liquids and 59 produced by animals. These powerful 60 help sharks find their food. Sharks eat fish, any 61 sharks, and plants that live in the ocean.
Medical researchers want to learn more about the shark's body defense and immune 62 against disease. Researchers know that sharks 63 quickly from injuries. They study the shark in hopes of finding a way to fight human disease.
Sharks are important for the world's 64 . They eat injured and diseased fish. Their hunting activities mean that the numbers of other fish in ocean waters do not become too 65 This protects the plants and other forms of life that exist in the oceans.
51. A attack B meet C love D visit
52. A terrible B eatable C valuable D possible
53. A source B existence C friends D fish
54. A Space B Sky C Land D Earth
55. A because B since C because of D by reason that
56. A whose B which C that D where
57. A to B for C like D with
58. A times B places C seas D oceans
59. A sciences B mathematics C chemicals D physics
60. A feelings B senses C touches D tastes
61. A those B these C another D other
62. A systems B processes C ideas D circles
63. A recover B reform C return D rely
64. A rivers B oceans C forests D mountains
65. A weak B little C few D great
全国专业技术人员职称英语等级考试理工类(A级)模拟试题(二)参考答案
1 C 2 A 3 A 4 B 5 C 6 D 7 D 8 D 9 C 10 D 11 B 12 D 13 A14 D 15 C
16 C 17 A18 A 19 C 20 A 21 B 22 C 23 B 24 D 25 A 26 E 27 A 28 E 29 B 30 D
31 D32 B 33 C34 A35 D 36 C 37 C 38 A 39 C 40 A 41 C 42 A 43D 44 C 45 B
46 D47 A 48 F 49 B 50 E 51 A 52B 53 C 54 D 55 C 56 D 57 B 58 A 59 C 60 B
61 D 62 A 63 A 64 B 65 D
