2022年职称英语考试综合类B级试题及答案新编.doc

职称英语考试综合类B级试题及答案第1部分：词汇选项  (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，请从每个句子背面所给旳4个选项中选择1个与画线部分意义最相近旳词或短语。请将答案涂在答题卡对应旳位置上。 1  It is obvious that he will win the game A  likely    B  possible C  clear D probable 2 The earth moves around the sun A  before    B  round C  after D  over 3 Did anyone call when l was out? A  everyone C  nobody B  someone D  anybody 4  It took us a long time to mend the house A  build    B  destroy C  design     D  repair 5 I dont quite follow what she is saying A  observe    B  understand C  explain    D  describe 6 We can no longer tolerate his actions A  put up with    B  accept C  take      D  receive 7 Loud noises can be irritating A  hateful    B  painful C  stimulating  D  annoying 8  In the background was that eternal hum A  long    B  never-ending C  boring  D  extensive 9 The Constitutions vague nature has given it the flexibility to be adapted when circumstances change A  imprecise    B  apparent C  clear        D  easy 10Gambling is lawful in Nevada A  enjoyable    B  irresistible C  legal D  profitable 11These are the motives for doing it A  reasons    B  excuses C  answers D  replies 12The river widens considerably as it begins to turn west A  extends    B  stretches C  broadens D  bends 13  Many economists have given in to the fatal lure of mathematics A  error    B  puzzle C  attraction D  contradiction 14 With immense relief I stopped running A  no    B  little C  scarce D  enormous 15 A great deal has been done to remedy the situation A  maintain    B  improve C  preserve  D  protect第2部分：阅读判断  (第1622题，每题1分，共7分)     阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文旳内容对每个句子做出判断。 假如该句提供旳是对旳信息，请在答题卡上把A涂黑；假如该句提供旳是错误信息，请在 答题卡上把B涂黑；假如该句旳信息文章中没有提及，请在答题卡上把C涂黑。 They Say Irelands the Best     Ireland is the best place in the world to live in for according to a life quality ranking that appeared in Britains Economist magazine last week     The ambitious attempt to compare happiness levels around the world is based on the principle that wealth is not the only measure of human satisfaction and well-being    The index of 111countries uses data on incomes,health,unemployment,climate,political stability,job security，gender equality as well as what the magazine calls“freedom，family and community 1ife”   Despite the bad weather, troubled health service，traffic congestion(拥挤)，gender inequality and the high cost of livingIreland scored an impressive 833 Points out 0f 10     That put it well ahead of second-place Switzerlandwhich managed 807Zimbabwe troubled by political insecurity and hunger, is rated the gloomiest(最差旳)，picking up only 389points     “Although rising incomes and increased individual choices are highly valued”the report said，"some of the factors associated with modernization such as the breakdown(瓦解)in traditional institutions and family values in part take away from a positive impact”     “Ireland wins because it successfully combines the most desirable elements of the new with the preservation of certain warm elements of the old，such as stable family and community life”     The magazine admitted measuring quality of life is not a straightforward thing to do，and that its findings would have their critics  No2 on the 1ist is SwitzerlandThe other nations in the top 10 are NorwayLuxembourg Sweden,Australia，Iceland，Italy,Denmark and Spain     The UK is positioned at No29,a much lower position chiefly because of the social and family breakdown recorded in official statisticsThe US，which has the second highest per capita GDP(人均国内生产总值)after Luxembourg，took the 13th place in the survey China was in the Lower half of the league at 60th 16 For 2，005 years，Ireland has been the best place for humans to live in   A Right    B  Wrong    C Not mentioned 17 Job security is the least important measure of life quality   A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned 18 Cost of living in Ireland is pretty high   A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned 19 Family life in Zimbabwe is not stable   A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned 20 Ireland is positioned at No 1 because it combines the most desirable elements of the new     with some good elements of the old     A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned 21 To measure life quality is easy   A  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned 22 The United States of America is among the top 10 countries   A Right    B  Wrong    C Not mentioned第3部分：概括大意与完毕句子  (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题规定从所给旳6个选项中为第25段每段选择1个对旳旳小标题；(2)第2730题规定从所给旳6个选项中选择4个对旳选项，分别完毕每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡对应旳位置上。 Even Intelligent People Can Fail 1  The striking thing about the innovators who succeeded in making our modern world is how often they failedTurn oil a light，take a photograph，watch TV,search the web，jet across the Pacific Oceantalk on a cellphone(手机)The innovators who left us these things had to find the way to success through a maze(错综复杂)of wrong turns 2  We have just celebrated the 125th anniversary of American innovator Thomas Edisons success in heating n thin line to white，hot heat for 14 hours in his lab in New Jersey，USHe did that on October 221879and followed up a month later by keeping a thread of common cardboard alight(点亮着旳)in an airless space for 45 hoursThree years later he went on to light up half a square mile of downtown Manhattan，even though only one of the six power plants in his design worked when he turned it on，on September 4，1882 3  “Many of 1ifeS failures”the supreme innovator said“are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up”Before that magical moment in October 1879Edison had worked out no fewer than 3000 theories about electric lightBut in only two cases did his experiments work 4  N0 one likes failure，but the smart innovators learn from itMark Gumzthe head of the camera maker Olympus America Incattributes some of the companyS successes in technology to understanding failureHis popular phrase is：“You only fail when you quit” 5  0ver two centuries,the most common quality of the innovators has been persistence That is another way of saying they had the emotional ability to keep up what they were doingWalt Disney,the founder of Disneyland，was so broke after a succession of financial failures that he was left shoeless in his office because he could not afford the US$150 to get his shoes from the repair shopPioneering Car maker Henry Ford failed with one company and was forced out of another before he developed the Model T Car 6  Failure is harder to bear in todays open,accelerated worldHardly any innovation works the first time But an impatient society and the media want instant success When American music and movie master David Geffen had a difficult time，a critic said nastily that the only difference between Geffen Records (Geffens company)and the Titanic(the ship that went down) was that the Titanic had better musicActually，it wasntAfter four years of 10ssesGeffen had so many hits(成功旳作品)he could afford a ship as big as the Titanic all to himself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，每道题背面有4个选项。请根据文章旳内容从每题所给旳4个选项中选择1个最佳答案，涂在答题卡对应旳位置上。 第一篇  Two People，Two Paths      You must be familiar with the situation：Dads driving，Mums telling him where to goHes sure that they need to turn 1eftBut she says its not for another two blocksWho has the better sense of direction?Men or women?      They both do,a new study saysbut in different ways Men and womenCanadian researchers have found，have different methods of finding their wayMen look quickly at landmarks f地标)and head off in what they think is the right direction Womenhowevertry to picture the whole route in detail and then f01low the path in their head，“Women tend to be more detailed”said Edward Cornell，who led the study。“while men tend to be a little bit faster anda little bit more intuitive(直觉感知旳)”      In factsaid Cornell“sense of direction”isnt one skill but twoThe first is the“survey method，This is when you see an area from above，such as a printed map You can seefor example，where the hospital is，where the church is and that the supermarket is on its right      The second skill is the“route method”This is when you use a series of directionsYon start from the hospitalthen turn 1eftturn right，go uphilland then you see the supermarket      Men are more likely to use the survey method while women are more likely to use one route and follow directions Both workand neither is better .Some scientists insist that these different skills have a long historyThey argue it is because of the difference in traditional roles      In ancient timesyoung men often went far away with the older men to fish or hunt The trip took hours or days and covered unfamiliar placesThe only way to know where you were was to use the survey method to remember landmarksthe mountainsthe 1akes and so on报关员      The women，on the other hand，took young girls out to find fruits and plantsThese activities were much closer to home but required learning wellused pathsSo，womens sense of space was based on learning certain routes 31  When finding his way Dad tends to rely on A his intuitive knowledge B his book knowledgeC  Mums assistanceD the polices assistance32  Women are more likely to use A  山e survey method B  the traditional method C  the route method D  the right method 33  Which works betterthe route method or the survey method? A  The survey method B  111e route method C  Either D  Neither 34  Which of the following is NOT a landmark? A  Along river B  A high mountain C  A magnificent church D  A path in your head 35  Women developed a sense of space out of the need A  to go fishing B  to go hunting C  to learn well-used paths D  to go swimming第二篇 Dancing in the Streets     If there is one thing certain to get Brazilians on their feet，it is the Rio Carnival(狂欢节)Held in Rio de Janeirothe countrys biggest citythe carnival began on February 20 when the mayor gave key of the city to Rei Momothe Lord of Misrule(无序之皇)     On his orders，each year people turn the city into a paradise of dance and musicThe following six days are so fun of parades，street dancing，fantastic clothes and partying(聚会)that many people forget about eating and sleeping     “It was the passion of the carnival that attracted me to Brazil and made me settle down in Rio”said Bob Nadkarnia British man who has lived in the city for several years For many Braziliansthe centrepiece of the carnival is samba(桑巴舞)，a typical Brazilian danceEvery year,tens of thousands of visitors and locals show off their passion and energy iu the streets following the beat(节拍)of the Latin music     The climax to this street party is the float(彩车)parade，in which floats decorated with tons of fresh flowers by various samba schools and local communities move through the cityOn the top of each float stands the candidate for the Drum Queen，who is chosen at the end of the partywhile most people are free to enjoy the celebrations。Rios police officers have to keep a clear headFollowing the murder of three offlcers in a gunfight early last week，the Brazilian Government has tightened security in RioThe street fighting，robbery and sex crimes that accompany the carnival are very difficult to police     Carnivals began in ancient Rome as a celebration at which people fed wild wolves，in honour of the citys founder who was said to have been raised by a shewolfBrazil gave new life to this tradition and sodespite the troublesthe carnival will remain a symbol of the countrys culture  36 According to the passageduring the Carnival people in Rio did all of the following EXCEPT  A dancing in the streets  B putting on colorful clothes  C eating a lot of food  D holding exciting parades  37How long does the carnival last?  A Six days  B A whole week  C Eight days  D The whole of February  38The word“centerpiecein the 3rd paragraph means  A the most important part  B the middle part  C the central part of the city  D the most attractive decoration  39According to the passage，Bob Nadkami is  A a Brazilian who has come back from Britain  B a British man who visits Rio for the carnival  C a British man who has come to live in Brazil  D a Brazilian who is attracted by the carnival  40Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?  A The earliest carnivals were held in ancient Rome  B Carnivals were originally a tradition of the Brazilians  C Carnivals were originally a tradition of the Romans  D The Brazilians have integrated the Roman carnival into their culture第三篇   More Than a Ride to School      The National Education Association claims，“The sch001 bus is a mirror of the community”They further add that，unfortunately，what appears on the exterior(外部)does not always reflect the reality of a chosen communityThey are rightand sometimes it reflects more!Just ask Liesl Denson Riding the school bus has been more than a ride to school for Liesl      Bruce Hardy,school bus driver for A1thouse Bus Company has been Liesls bus driver since kindergarten Last year when Liesls family moved to Parkesburg，knowing her bus went by her new residence，she requested to ride the same bus      This year Lieslis a senior and will enjoy her last year riding the busShe says“It s been a great ride so far! My bus driver is so cool and has always been a good friend and a good listener Sometimes when youre a child adults do not think that what you have to say is importantMr Hardy always listens to what you have to say and makes you feel important”Her friends Ashley Batista and Amanda Wolfe agree      Bmce Hardy has been making Octorara students feel special since 1975This year he will celebrate 30 years working for Althouse Bus TransportationCompany President，Larry Althouse acknowledges Bruce Hardys outstanding record“Yon do not come by employees like Bruce these days；he has never missed a day of work and has a perfect driving recordRecognized in by the Pennsylvania School Bus Association for driving 350，000 accident free miles，HardYs reputation is made further evident through the relationships he has made with the students that ride his bus”      Althouse further added“Althouse Bus Transportation was established 70 years ago and has been providing quality transportation ever sinceMy grandfather started the business with one bus A1thouse Bus Transportation is delighted to have the opportunity to bring distinctive and safe service to our local sch001 and community and looks forward to cont