职称英语考试综合类B级试题.docx

1、职称英语考试综合类B级试题2002年职称英语考试综合类B级试题第1部分：词当汇选项（第115题，每题1分，共15分）下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语画有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择1个与画线部分意义最相近的词或短语。答案一律涂在答题卡相应的位置上。1 The nursery is bright and cheerfulA pleasant B colorfulC fashionable D different2 He is but a childA probably B notC only D hardly3 The price of vegetables var

2、ies according to the weatherA jumps B risesC falls D changes4 Did you do that to irritate her?A tease B attractC annoy D protect5 The old lady let her flat to an English couple.A offered B rentedC provided D sold6 A ship was reported to be in distress a few miles out at sea.A disorder B formationC s

3、ervice D danger7 You should cultivate the habit of reading carefullyA invent B beginC develop D initiate8 Merge the following two short sentences into one new sentence.A Split B CombineC Break D Divide9 His hand writing is flowing and graceful.A pleasing B formalC informal D flowery10 The sisters ca

4、nt tolerate each otherA bear B hateC like D criticize11 The dentist has decided to extract her bad tooth.A pullout B repairC take D dig12 The Childs abnormal behavior puzzled the doctor.A funny B eighteningC repeated D unusual13 Gunpowder was used extensively in firearms prior to 1990.A in B aroundC

5、 from D before14 Human facial expressions differ from those of animals in the degree to which they can be deliberately controlled and modified.A sufficiently B noticeablyC intentionally D absolutely15 Foreign money can be comverted into the local currency at this bank.A altered B changedC bought D s

6、old第2部分：阅读判断 （第16 22题，每题1分，共7分）阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出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，请在答题卡上把A 涂黑；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请在答题卡上把B涂黑；如果该句的信息文章中没有提及，请在答题卡上把C涂黑。NorwichNorwich，the capital of the part of Britain known as East Anglia，has been in existence for more than two thousand yearsIt began as a small village besi

7、de the RivetWensumAt the time of the Norman invasion in 1066 it had grownto become one of the 1argest towns in EnglandWith two cathedrals and a mosque(清真寺)，Norwich has long been a popular centre for various religionsThe first cathedral was built in 1095 and has recently celebrated its 900th annivers

8、ary,while Norwich itself had a year of celebration in l 994 to mark the 800th anniversary of the city receiving a Royal CharterThis allowed it to be called a city and to govem itself independentlyToday,in comparison with places like London or Manchester,Norwich is quite small,with a population of ar

9、ound 150，000but in the l6th century Norwich was the second largest city of EnglandIt continued to grow for the next 300 years and got richer and richer,becoming famous for having as many churches as there are weeks in the year and as many pubs as there are days inthe yearNowadaysthere are far fewer

10、churches and pubsbut in l964 the University of East Anglia was built in Norwichwith its fastgrowing student population and its success as a modem eommercial centre(Norwich is the biggest centre for insurance services outside London)the city now has a wide chcIice of entertainment：theatres，cinemas，ni

11、ghtclubs，busy cafes，excellent restaurants，and a number of arts aiad leisure centrgsThere is also a football team，whose colours are green and yellowThe team is known asThe Canaries(金丝雀)，though nobody call be sure whyNow the citys attractions include another important development，a modem shopping cent

12、er calledThe Castle MallThe people of Norwich lived with a very 1arge hole in the middle of their for over two years，as builders dug up the main car parkLorries moved nearly a million tons of earth so that the roof of the Mall could become a city centre parkwith attractive water pools and hundreds o

13、f treesBut the local people are really pleased that the old open market remainsright in the heart of the city and next to the new development . Both areas continue to do good businessproving that Norwich has managed to mix the best of the old and the new16 The River Wensum flows by NorwichA Right B

14、Wrong C Not mentioned17 People have lived by the River Wensum for at least 2,000 yearsA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned18 Norwich has been a city since its first cathedral was builtA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned19 Norwich has always been one of the smallest English citiesA Right B Wrong C Notmentione

15、d20 The number of foreign students in Norwich has been increasing since 1 964ARight B Wrong C Not mentioned21 The football team is calledThe Canariesbecause of the colours the players wearA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned22 It took more than two years to buildThe Castle Mall.A Right B Wrong C Not ment

16、ioned第3部分：概括大意与完成句子 (第2330题，每题1分，共8分)阅读下面这篇短文，短文后有2项测试任务：(1)第2326题要求从所给的6个选项中为第25段每段选择1个正确的小标题；(2)第2730题要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。Messages from the Media1The weather forecast，a story about the candidates in an election，and movie reviews are examples of messages from the mediaA com

17、munication medium，of which the plural(复数的)form is media，is a means of communicating a messageExamples of media are television，radio，newspapers and books and the telephoneThe media that can reach many people at once are called mass media2 It is not difficult to think of other messages we receive thro

18、ugh the mass mediaEvery day we get hundreds of themThink about advertisements，for exampleWe see and heat these messages almost everywhere we goAdvertisements are important messages，even though they are sometimes annoyingThey help us compare and evaluate products3 Most of us get more information from

19、 the media than from the classroomThink,for a moment，about how you leam about local news and eventsDo you depend on other people or the media?What about intemational news?What is the most important source of information for you?People who are asked this question usually answer,Television4Think of al

20、l the messages you received todayPerhaps you read a newspaper during breakfast，or maybe you read advertisements on billboards(露天广告牌)on your wayto schoo1Did you listen to a weather forecast or the sports news on the radio this morning?Right now you are getting information through a very important med

21、ium of mass communication-a book.5We use the information we get from radio，television，newspapers，and other media to make decisions and form opinionsThat is why the mass media are so important.Editorials and articles in newspapers help us decide how to vote，consumer reports on television help us deci

22、de how to spend our money,and international news on the radio makes US think and form opinions about questions of war and peace23 Paragraph 2_24 Paragraph 3_25 Paragraph 4_26 Paragraph 5_A lmportance of Classroom LearningB Television-A Rich Source of InformationC Advertisements as Important Messages

23、 from the Mass MediaD Various Messages One May Receive Each DayE MediaMeans to Communicate MessagesF lmportance of the Mass Media27 Each day we get a lot ofmessages from_.28 Television，radio and books are all important media of_ 29 For most people television is the most important _ . 30 The mass med

24、ia are important to US because they shape_A sports news B our decisions and opinionsC mass communicationD our messagesE source of informationF the mass media第4部分：阅读理解(第3145题，每题3分，共45分)下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，每题后面有4个选项。请仔细阅读短文并根据短文回答其后面的问题，从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。第一篇 A Thirsty WorldThe world is not only

25、hungry,it is also thirsty for waterThis may seem strange to you，since nearly 75of the earths surface is covered with waterBut about 97of this huge amount is seawater,or salt waterMan can only drink and use the other 3一the fresh water that comes from rivers，lakes，underground，and other sourcesAnd we c

26、annot even use all of that，because some of it is in the form of icebergs(冰山)and glaciers(冰川)Even worse，some of it has been pollutedAt the moment，this small amount of flesh water is still enough for us：However，our need for water is increasing rapidlyOnly if we take steps to deal with this problem now

27、 can we avoid a severe worldwide water shortage later onA limited water supply would have a bad effect on agriculture and industryIn addition to stopping wasting our precious water,one useful step we should take is to develop ways of reusing itExperiments have already been done in this field，but onl

28、y on a small scaleToday,in most large citieswater is used only once and it eventually returns to the sea or runs into underground storage tanksBut it is possible to pipe water that has been used to a purifying(净化)plantThere it can be filtered(过滤)and treated with chemicals so that it can be used agai

29、n just as if it were fresh from a springBut even if every large city purified and reused its water,we still would not have enoughWhere could we turn next?To the oceans!A11 wed have to do to make use of the vast amount of seawater is-remove the saltThis saltremoving process is already in use in many

30、parts of the worldSo if we take all these steps，we11 be in no danger of drying up!31 The phrase the worldin the first line of the passage refers toA manB youC womanD they32 What percentage of the earths water can mall actually use at present?A Nearly 75 per centB About 97 per centC Exactly 3 per centD Lessthan 3 per cent33 According to the passage，we can avoid a worldwide water shortage in the future byA increasing rainfallB reusing water and utilizing sea-waterC cutting down our consumption of waterD reducing the number of factories pr