职称英语考试真题Word格式文档下载.docx

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everyoneB 

someoneC 

nobodyDanybody

4 

Ittookusalongtimetomendthehouse．

A 

build 

BdestroyCdesign 

D 

repair

5Idon’tquitefollowwhatsheissaying．

observe 

understandCexplain 

Ddescribe

6Wecannolongertoleratehisactions．

Aputupwith 

acceptCtake 

receive

7Loudnoisescanbeirritating．

A 

hateful 

BpainfulCstimulating 

annoying

8 

Inthebackgroundwasthateternalhum

Along 

never-endingCboring 

extensive

9TheConstitution’svaguenaturehasgivenittheflexibilitytobeadaptedwhen

circumstanceschange

Aimprecise 

apparentCclear 

Deasy

10GamblingislawfulinNevada．

Aenjoyable 

irresistibleClegalDprofitable

11Thesearethemotivesfordoingit

reasons 

excusesCanswersD 

replies

12Theriverwidensconsiderablyasitbeginstoturnwest

extends 

stretchesC 

broadensD 

bends

13 

Manyeconomistshavegivenintothefatallureofmathematics．

Aerror 

BpuzzleC 

attractionD 

contradiction

14WithimmensereliefIstoppedrunning．

Ano 

littleC 

scarceD 

enormous

15Agreatdealhasbeendonetoremedythesituation

maintain 

improveCpreserve 

Dprotect

第2部分：

阅读判断 

（第16—22题，每题1分，共7分）

TheySayIreland’stheBest

Irelandisthebestplaceintheworldtoliveinfor2005．accordingtoalifequalityrankingthatappearedinBritain’sEconomistmagazinelastweek．

Theambitiousattempttocomparehappinesslevelsaroundtheworldisbasedontheprinciplethatwealthisnottheonlymeasureofhumansatisfactionandwell-being．

Theindexof111countriesusesdataonincomes,health,unemployment,climate,politicalstability,jobsecurity，genderequalityaswellaswhatthemagazinecalls“freedom，familyandcommunity1ife”.

Despitethebadweather,troubledhealthservice，trafficcongestion（拥挤），genderinequalityandthehighcostofliving．Irelandscoredanimpressive8．33Pointsout0f10．

Thatputitwellaheadofsecond-placeSwitzerland．whichmanaged8．07．Zimbabwe．

troubledbypoliticalinsecurityandhunger,isratedthegloomiest（最差的），pickinguponly3．89points．

“Althoughrisingincomesandincreasedindividualchoicesarehighlyvalued．”thereportsaid，"

someofthefactorsassociatedwithmodernizationsuchasthebreakdown（崩溃）intraditionalinstitutionsandfamilyvaluesinparttakeawayfromapositiveimpact．”

“Irelandwinsbecauseitsuccessfullycombinesthemostdesirableelementsofthenewwiththepreservationofcertainwarmelementsoftheold，suchasstablefamilyandcommunitylife”

Themagazineadmittedmeasuringqualityoflifeisnotastraightforwardthingtodo，andthatitsfindingswouldhavetheircritics．

No．2onthe1istisSwitzerland．Theothernationsinthetop10areNorway,Luxembourg,Sweden,Australia，Iceland，Italy,DenmarkandSpain．

TheUKispositionedatNo．29,amuchlowerpositionchieflybecauseofthesocialandfamilybreakdownrecordedinofficialstatistics．TheUS，whichhasthesecondhighestpercapitaGDP（人均国内生产总值）afterLuxembourg，tookthe13thplaceinthesurveyChinawasintheLowerhalfoftheleagueat60th

16For2，005years，Irelandhasbeenthebestplaceforhumanstolivein

ARight 

Wrong 

CNotmentioned

17Jobsecurityistheleastimportantmeasureoflifequality

Right 

C 

Notmentioned

18CostoflivinginIrelandisprettyhigh

19FamilylifeinZimbabweisnotstable

20IrelandispositionedatNo1becauseitcombinesthemostdesirableelementsofthenew

withsomegoodelementsoftheold

2lTomeasurelifequalityiseasy．

22TheUnitedStatesofAmericaisamongthetop10countries．

第3部分：

概括大意与完成句子 

（第23~30题，每题1分，共8分）

EvenIntelligentPeopleCanFail

1Thestrikingthingabouttheinnovatorswhosucceededinmakingourmodernworldishowoftentheyfailed．Turnoilalight，takeaphotograph，watchTV,searchtheweb，jetacrossthePacificOcean．talkonacellphone（手机）．Theinnovatorswholeftusthesethingshadtofindthewaytosuccessthroughamaze（错综复杂）ofwrongturns．

2Wehavejustcelebratedthe125thanniversaryofAmericaninnovatorThomasEdison’ssuccessinheatingnthinlinetowhite，hotheatfor14hoursinhislabinNewJersey，US．HedidthatonOctober22．1879．andfollowedupamonthlaterbykeepingathreadofcommoncardboardalight（点亮着的）inanairlessspacefor45hours．ThreeyearslaterhewentontolightuphalfasquaremileofdowntownManhattan，eventhoughonlyoneofthesixpowerplantsinhisdesignworkedwhenheturnediton，onSeptember4，1882．

3 

“Manyof1ife’sfailures”thesupremeinnovatorsaid．“arepeoplewhodidnotrealizehowclosetheyweretosuccesswhentheygaveup”.BeforethatmagicalmomentinOctober1879．Edisonhadworkedoutnofewerthan3,000theoriesaboutelectriclight．Butinonlytwocasesdidhisexperimentswork．

Noonelikesfailure，butthesmartinnovatorslearnfromit．MarkGumz,theheadofthecameramakerOlympusAmericaInc．attributessomeofthecompany’ssuccessesintechnologytounderstandingfailure．Hispopularphraseis：

“Youonlyfailwhenyouquit”.

5Overtwocenturies,themostcommonqualityoftheinnovatorshasbeenpersistenceThatisanotherwayofsayingtheyhadtheemotionalabilitytokeepupwhattheyweredoing．WaltDisney,thefounderofDisneyland，wassobrokeafterasuccessionoffinancialfailuresthathewasleftshoelessinhisofficebecausehecouldnotaffordtheUS$1．50togethisshoesfromtherepairshop．PioneeringCarmakerHenryFordfailedwithonecompanyandwasforcedoutofanotherbeforehedevelopedtheModelTCar．

6Failureishardertobearintoday’sopen,acceleratedworld．HardlyanyinnovationworksthefirsttimeButanimpatientsocietyandthemediawantinstantsuccessWhenAmericanmusicandmoviemasterDavidGeffenhadadifficulttime，acriticsaidnastilythattheonlydifferencebetweenGeffenRecords（Geffen’scompany）andtheTitanic（theshipthatwentdown）wasthattheTitanichadbettermusic．Actually，itwasn’t．Afterfouryearsof10sses．Geffenhadsomanyhits（成功的作品）hecouldaffordashipasbigastheTitanicalltohimself．

第4部分：

阅读理解（第31～45题，每题3分，共45分）

第一篇TwoPeople，TwoPaths

Youmustbefamiliarwiththesituation：

Dad’sdriving，Mum’stellinghimwheretogo．He’ssurethattheyneedtoturn1eft．Butshesaysit’snotforanothertwoblocks．Whohasthebettersenseofdirection?

Menorwomen?

Theybothdo,anewstudysays．butindifferentways．

Menandwomen．Canadianresearchershavefound，havedifferentmethodsoffindingtheir

way．Menlookquicklyatlandmarksf地标）andheadoffinwhattheythinkistherightdirection

Women．however．trytopicturethewholerouteindetailandthenf01lowthepathintheirhead，

“Womentendtobemoredetailed．”saidEdwardCornell，wholedthestudy。

“whilementendtobealittlebitfasterand…alittlebitmoreintuitive（直觉感知的）”

Infact．saidCornell．“senseofdirection”isn’toneskillbuttwo．Thefirstisthe“surveymethod，’．Thisiswhenyouseeanareafromabove，suchasaprintedmapYoucansee．forexample，wherethehospitalis，wherethechurchisandthatthesupermarketisonitsright. 

Thesecondskillisthe“routemethod”Thisiswhenyouuseaseriesofdirections．Yonstartfromthehospital．thenturn1eft．turnright，gouphill—andthenyouseethesupermarket．

Menaremorelikelytousethesurveymethodwhilewomenaremorelikelytouseonerouteandfollowdirections.

Bothwork,andneitherisbetter. 

Somescientistsinsistthatthesedifferentskillshavealonghistory．Theyargueitisbecauseofthedifferenceintraditionalroles．

Inancienttimes．youngmenoftenwentfarawaywiththeoldermentofishorhuntThetriptookhoursordaysandcoveredunfamiliarplaces．Theonlywaytoknowwhereyouwerewastousethesurveymethodtorememberlandmarks—themountains．the1akesandsoon．

Thewomen，ontheotherhand，tookyounggirlsouttofindfruitsandplants．Theseactivitiesweremuchclosertohomebutrequiredlearningwell—usedpaths．So，women’ssenseofspacewasbasedonlearningcertainroutes

31 

WhenfindinghiswayDadtendstorelyon

Ahisintuitiveknowledge

Bhisbookknowledge．

Mum’sassistance．

Dthepolice’sassistance，

32 

Womenaremorelikelytouse

山esurveymethod

Bthetraditionalmethod．

Ctheroutemethod

Dtherightmethod．

33 

Whichworksbetter．theroutemethodorthesurveymethod?

AThesurveymethod

B111eroutemethod．

C 

Either．

Neither

34 

WhichofthefollowingisNOTalandmark?

A 

Alongriver．

B 

Ahighmountain．

C 

Amagnificentchurch

D 

Apathinyourhead

35 

Womendevelopedasenseofspaceoutoftheneed

Atogofishing．

Btogohunting．

Ctolearnwell-usedpaths．

Dtogoswimming．

第二篇DancingintheStreets

IfthereisonethingcertaintogetBraziliansontheirfeet，itistheRioCarnival（狂欢节）．HeldinRiodeJaneiro．thecountry’sbiggestcity．thecarnivalbeganonFebruary20whenthemayorgavekeyofthecitytoReiMomo—theLordofMisrule（无序之皇）

Onhisorders，eachyearpeopleturnthecityintoaparadiseofdanceandmusic．Thefollowingsixdaysaresofunofparades，streetdancing，fantasticclothesandpartyin