职称英语08B.docx

1、职称英语08B第1部分：词汇选项（第1-15题，每题1分，共15分） 1 She found me very dull A dirty B sleepy C lazy D boring 2 The President made a brief visit to Beijing A short B working C formal D secret 3 He was persuaded to give up the idea A mention B accept C consider D drop 4 Jack consumes a pound of cheese a day A eats B

2、drinks C buys D produces 5 Mary just told us a very fascinating story A strange B frightening C difficult D interesting 6 Its a gorgeous day anyway. A lovely B cold C normal D rainy 7 Her life is becoming more diverse A generous B humorous C varied D romantic 8 Foreign military aid was prolonging th

3、e war A broadening B worsening C extending D accelerating 9 She was unwilling to go but she had no choice A unable B indecisive C ready D reluctant 10 She is slenderwith delicate wrists and ankles A sick B weak C slim D pale 11 With immense reliefI stopped running A some B enormous C little D extens

4、ive 12 The scientists began to accumulate data A collect B handle C analyze D investigate 13 Jack eventually overtook the last truck A hit B passed C reached D led 14 Sometimes it is advisable to book hotels in advance A possible B profitable C easy D wise 15 The reason for their unusual behavior re

5、mains a puzzle A fact B mystery C statement D game 第2部分：阅读判断（第1622题，每题l分，共7分） 下面的短文后列出了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，请选择A；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择C。 The Need to Remember Some people say they have no memory at all：I just cant remember a thing! But of course we all have a memoryOur me

6、mory tells us who we areOur memory helps us to make use in the present of what we have learnt in the past In fact we have different types of memoryFor example, our visual memory helps us recall facts and placesSome people have such a strong visual memory，they can remember exactly what they have seen

7、，for example，pages of a book，as a complete picture Our verbal（言语的）memory helps us remember words and figures we may have heard but not seen or written：items of a shopping list, a chemical formula, dates，or a recipe With our emotional（情感的）memory，we recall situations or places where we had strong feel

8、ingsperhaps of happiness or unhappinessWe also have special memories for smell, taste, touch and sound，and for performing physical movements We have two ways of storing any of these memoriesOur short-term memory stores items for up to thirty secondsenough to remember a telephone number while we dial

9、Our long-term memory, On the other hand, may store items for a lifetimeOlder people in fact have a much better long-term memory than short-termThey may forget what they have done only a few hours ago，but have the clearest remembrance（记忆）of when they were very young Psychologists tell us that we only

10、 remember a few facts about our past，and that we invent the restIt is as though we remember only the outline of a storyWe then make up the detailsWe often do this in the way we want to remember them，usually so that we appear as the heroes of our own pastor maybe victims needing sympathy（同情） 16 Visua

11、l memory helps us recall a place we have been to A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned 17 Visual memory may be used when we read a story A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned 18 Verbal memory helps us read words we have never heard A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned 19 Emotional memory is used when we perform phys

12、ical movements A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned 20 Animals do not have a long-term memory A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned 21 Long-term memory is more important than short-term memory A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned 22 Generally we remember only a few facts about the past A Right B Wrong C Not mention

13、ed 第3部分：概括大意与完成句子（第2330题，每题l分，共8分） The Supercomputer Network 1 Recently, ten laboratories run by governments in different parts of the world have become linkedTheir computers have been connected so they can talk to each otherThis may not seem very dramatic news，but it is the beginning of a developme

14、nt that will increase the power of the Internet tremendously 2 The Internet is an interconnected（互联）system of networks that connects computers round the world and facilitates the transmission and exchange of informationThe way that you use the Internet is by accessing this networkThis depends on the

15、 power that your system allows you to useThe power of your computer is responsible for how fast you can download（下载）files, how much data you can store，etcIf your computer is old and slow，accessing the information can be very difficult 3 The new development in information technology has been called t

16、he grid（网格技术），and it will be a network of computers that are linked together。The grid will work in a different way from the Internet, enabling you to get the power of the biggest computers in the world on your computerAccessing the information will no longer depend on the power of your computerThe i

17、dea is that while you access information, you will also have access to the power of the bigger computer stations. 4 0ne advantage of this revolutionary idea is that geographical location will become irrelevant. The grid will decide which are the best parts of a worldwide network to do the job you wa

18、ntThis means that you may be accessing a computer in Japan to solve a problem in Alaska 5 The grid can be compared to having an efficient personal assistantYou can give your assistant a task and he will do it for youThe assistant will do the preliminary research, collect the data, compare them and d

19、ecide on the best course of action by accessing any of the computer centres in the grid that happen to have the relevant informationAll you have to do is assign the task, sit back and wait 6 At present, possible applications of the grid in scientific research are being exploredWhile it has taken abo

20、ut fifteen years for Internet use to become widespread, experts believe that the grid could be up and running for private individuals far more quicklyScientists working on grid projects are convinced that it will be as widely used as the web in the next ten years 23 Paragraph 2 24 Paragraph 3 25 Par

21、agraph 4 26 Paragraph 5 A How does the grid work? B Power shared C Just make a request D Limitations of present Internet use E Distance is not a problem F A new era for the Internet 27 Traditionally the power of your computer determines how fast you can access 28 The grid will enable you to get on y

22、our computer the power of in the world 29 The grid would be like ，who can perform your tasks efficiently 30 It is believed that the widespread use of the grid will become possible in the next . A the bigger computer stations B the advantage C ten years D information E your personal assistant F fifte

23、en years 第4部分：阅读理解（第3145题，每题3分，45分） 下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。 第一篇 Sunspots Its not surprising that sunspots（太阳黑子）were observed by ancient astronomers（天文学家）The largest sunspots on the sun can be seen without a telescopeIt was not until the invention of the telescope（望远镜）in the early l7th

24、 century，however，that systematic studies of sunspots could be undertakenThe great astronomer Galileo was among the first to make telescopic observations of sunspots Sunspots are regions of extremely strong magnetic fields（磁场）found on the suns surfaceA sunspot has a dark central core known as the umb

25、raThe umbra is surrounded by a dark ring called the penumbra，where the magnetic field spreads outwardSunspots appear dark because they are giving off less radiationThey are cooler than the rest of the suns surface Sunspots are frequently observed in pairs or in paired groupsThe members of a spot pai

26、r are identified as the leading spot and the following spotThey are identified by their position in the pair in terms of the direction in which the sun rotates（旋转） The number of sunspots at any one time variesA large spot group may consist of as many as 10 groups and 300 spots across the sunThe numb

27、er of spots changes in a fairly regular pattern called the sunspot cycleThe largest number occurs about every 11 yearsAt sunspot minimum，there are at most just a few small spots The average lifetime of an individual spot group is roughly one solar rotation, which is about 25 daysThe most persistent

28、large spots, however, can survive for two to three months 31 Careful observations and systematic studies of sunspots A were made by ancient astronomers B started in the early 17th century C were made by Galileo only D could be made without a telescope 32 Sunspots are cooler than the rest of the suns

29、 surface because A they produce less energy B they are buried in the sun C they are far away from magnetic fields D they are close to magnetic fields 33 The leading spot and the following spot are the names of A two large sunspots B a large spot and a small spot C the two spots in a spot pair D the

30、central core and the ring around it 34 If an intense sunspot activity had occurred in 1857, the next one would have been in A 1858 B 1862 C 1865 D 1868 35 In the last paragraph the word persistent means A important B effective C enduring D visible 第二篇 Where Have All the Bees Gone? Scientists who stu

31、dy insects have a real mystery on their handsAll across the country, honeybees are leaving their hives（蜂巢）and never returningResearchers call this phenomenon colony-collapse（群体瘫痪）disorderIt is reported that 25 to 40 percent of the honeybees in the US have vanished from their hives since last fallSo far, no one can explain why Colony collapse is a serious concern because bees play an important role in th