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1、职称英语考试综合类A级阅读判断题1When Mike Kelly first set out to build his own private space-ferry service,hefigured his bread-and-butter business would be lofting satellites into high-Earth orbit.Now he thinks he may have figured wrong,People were always asking me whenthey could go/says Kelly,who runs Kelly Space

2、&Technology out of San Bernardino,California,I realized that real market is in space tourism.According to preliminary market surveys,there are 10,000 would-be spacetourists willing to spend$1 million each to visit the final frontier.Space Adventure inArlington,Virginia,has taken more than 130 deposi

3、ts for a two-hour,$98,000 spacetour tentatively(and somewhat dubiously)set to occur by 2005.Gene Meyers of theSpace Island Group says:Space is the next exotic vacation spot.This may all sound great,but there are a few hurdles.Putting a simple satelliteinto orbit with no oxygen,life support or return

4、 trip necessary already costs anastronomical$22z000/kg.And that doesnt include the cost of insuring rich andpossibly litigious passenger.John Pike of the Federation of American Scientistsacerbically suggests that the entire group of entrepreneurs trying to corner thespace-tourism market have between

5、 them just enough money to blow up onerocket,The U.S.space agency has plenty of money but zero interest in making spaceless expensive for the little guys.So the little guys are racing to do what thegovernment has failed to do:design a reusable launch system thats inexpensive,safeand reliable.Kelly S

6、paces prototype looks like a plane that has sprouted rocketengines.Rotary Rocket in Redwood City,California,has a booster with rotors make ahelicopter-style return to Earth;Kistler Aerospace in Kirkland,Washington,is piecingtogether its versions from old Soviet engines,shuttle-style thermal protecti

7、on tilesand an elaborate parachute system.The first passenger countdowns are still yearsaway,but bureaucrats at the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington arealready informally discussing flight regulations.After all,you cant be too preparedfor a trip to that galaxy far,far away.For those who

8、 are intent on joining the 100-mile high club,Hilton and Budgetare plotting to build space hotels.Before the Russian space Mir came down,somepeople were talking about using it as a low-rent space motel to reduce the cost.If aspace hotel is finally built in space,and if youre thinking of staying in i

9、t,you maywant to check the Michelin ratings before booking yourself a suite.A)True B)False C)Not mentioned17.Kelly hoped to develop space tourism,which he thought would be a goodmarket.A)True B)False C)Not mentioned18.Space Adventure in Arlington has taken 130 deposits totaling$98,000 for atwo hour

10、space tour.A)True B)False C)Not mentioned19.It sounds great that soon there will be space residence,although it is still atentative plan.A)True B)False C)Not mentioned20.Some of the hurdles space tourism faces include a lack of oxygen and lifesupport equipment.A)True B)False C)Not mentioned21.Little

11、 guys,who do not have plenty of money but have great interest inspace tourism,are trying to make the space travel less expensive but more reliable.A)True B)False C)Not mentioned22.We can infer from the context that the Michelin ratings can help people tofind prices of hotels.A)True B)False C)Not men

12、tioned 正确答案 1622BABCBAA职称英语考试综合类A级阅读判断题61.Compared with adults learning a foreign language,children learn their nativelanguage with ease.A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentionedA.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned3.The reason why children learn their mother tongue so well lies solely in theirenvironment of learni

13、ng.A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned4.Plenty of practice in listening during the first years of life partly ensureschildrens success of learning their mother tongue.A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned5.A child learning his native language has the advantage of having privatelessons all the year round.A.Rig

14、ht B.Wrong C.Not mentioned6.Gestures and facial expressions may assist a child in mastering his nativelanguage.A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned7.So far as language teaching is concerned,the teachers close personalrelationship with the student is more important than the professional languageteaching t

15、raining he has received.A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned 正确答案ACBABAC职称英语考试综合类A级阅读判断题10As many as 20%of all children in the United Stated suffer from some form of thelearning disorder called dyslexia.1.One out of five American children suffers from dyslexia.A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned 考试用书2.Many gre

16、at thinkers and scientists in the world are dyslexic.A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned3.The first cases of dyslexia in Europe were discovered less than a century ago.A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned4.The left side of the brain in a dyslexic person is bigger than the right side.A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned

17、外语学习网A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned6.It is believed that dyslexia is related to the bad habits of a babys mother.A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned7.Dyslexic people often turn out to be intelligent or creative once they havelearned to handle language properly.A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentionedKEY:ACABACA职称英语考试

18、综合类A级阅读判断题111.It is logical that a detailed learning of plants and their properties must beextremely ancient.A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned2.People cannot survive without plants.A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned3.Tribes living today in the jungle of the Amazon teach botany to their childrenat school.A.Ri

19、ghtB.WrongC.Not mentioned4.Our direct contact with plants grows with the process of industrialization.A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned5.Today people usually acquire a large amount of botanical knowledge fromtextbooks.A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned6.People living in the Middle East first learned to grow

20、plants for food about10,000 years ago.A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned中 华 考 试 网7.Once mankind began farming,they no longer had to get food from manyvarieties that grew wild.A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentionedKey:AABBBAB职称英语考试综合类A级完形填空练习题（2）The Great Newspaper WarUp until about 100 years ago,newspapers in the

21、 United States appealed only tothe most serious readers.They used _ 1 _ illustrations and the articles were aboutpolitics or business.Two men changed that-Joseph Pulitzer _ 2 _ the New York World and WilliamRandolph Hearst of the New York Journal.Pulitzer bought the New York World _ 3 _1883.He chang

22、ed it from a traditional newspaper into a very_ 4 _ one overnight.Headded _ 5 _ illustrations and cartoons.And he told his reporters to write articles on_ 6 _ crime or scandal they could find.And they did.One of them even pretendedshe was crazy and then she _ 7 _ to a mental hospital.She then wrote

23、a series ofarticles about the poor treatment of_ 8 _ in those hospitalsIn 1895,Hearst came to New York from _ 9 _ California.He wanted the Journalto be more sensational and more exciting _ 1 0 _ the world.He also wanted it to be_ 1 1 _,so he reduced the price by a penny.Hearst attracted attention be

24、cause hisheadlines were bigger than_1 2 _.He often said,Big print makes big news.Pulitzer and Hearst did anything they _ 1 3 _ to sell newspapers.For example,Hearst sent Frederic Remington,the famous illustrator,_ 1 4 _ pictures of theSpanish-American War.When he got there,he told Hearst that no fig

25、htingwas_ 1 5 _.Hearst answered,You furnish the pictures.Ill furnish the war.EXERCISE:1.A)no B)many C)a lot D)little2.A)on B)for C)in D)of3.A)on B)in C)at D)about4.A)excite B)excitingly C)exciting D)excited5.A)a lot B)few C)a few D)lots of6.A)every B)all C)both D)many7.A)admitted B)was admitted C)co

26、uld admit D)has admitted8.A)patients B)patience C)patient D)patiences9.A)an B)the C)a D)/10.A)than B)as C)in D)for11.A)cheap B)cheaper C)cheapest D)the cheapest12.A)anyone B)anyones C)anyone else D)anyone elses13.A)may B)might C)can D)could14.A)draw B)drew C)to dray D)drawn15.A)going B)going out C)g

27、oing on D)going offKey:ADBCDABADABDDCC职称英语考试综合类A级词汇选项题11.At that time,we did not fully grasp the significance of what had happened.A.giveB.attachC.loseD.understand12.Anderson left the table,remarking that he had some work to do.A.doubtingB.sayingC.thinkingD.knowing13.He asserted that nuclear power w

28、as a safe and non-polluting energy source.A.maintainedC.consideredD.acknowledged14.The study also notes a steady decline in the number of college studentstaking science courses.A.relativeB.generalC.continuousD.sharp15.She always finds fault with everything.A.criticizesB.simplifiesC.evaluatesD.examin

29、es职称英语考试综合类A级阅读判断习题日Nino厄尔尼诺现象While some forecasting methods had limited success predicting the 1997 ElNino a few months in advance,the Columbia University researchers say their methodcall predict large El Nino events up to two years in advance.That would be goodnews for governments,farmers and othe

30、rs seeking to plan for the droughts andheavy rainfall that El Nino can produce in various parts of the world.The researchers say their method is not perfect,but Bryan C.Weare,ameteorologist at the University of California,Davis,who was not involved in the work,said it suggests El Nino is indeed pred

31、ictable/7“This will probably convince others to search around more for even bettermethods.wsaid Weare.He added that the new method“makes it possible to predict ElNino at long lead times.Other models also use sea-surface temperatures,but theyhave not looked as far back because they need other data,wh

32、ich is only available forrecent decades,Weare said.The ability to predict the warming and cooling of the Pacific is of immenseimportance.The 1997 El Nino,for example,caused an estimated$20 billion in damageworldwide,offset by beneficial effects in other areas,said David Anderson,of theEuropean Centr

33、e for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts in Reading England.The 1877El Nin。，meanwhile,coincided with a failure of the Indian monsoon and a famine thatkilled perhaps 40 million in India and China,prompting the development of seasonalforecasting,Anderson said.When El Nino hit in 1991 and 1997,200 million

34、people were affected by floodingin China alone.according to a 2002 United Nations report.While predicting smaller El Nino events remains tricky.the ability to predictlarger ones should be increased to at least a year if the new method is confirmed.El Nino tends to develop between April and June and

35、reaches its peak betweenDecember and February.The warming tends to last between 9 and 12 months andoccurs every two to seven years.The new forecasting method does not predict any major El Nino events in thenext two years,although a weak warming toward the end of this year is possible.练 习：l).The meth

36、od used by the Columbia University researchers can predict El Ninoa few months in advance.B.Wrong2).The Columbia University researchers studied the relationship between thepast El Nino occurrences and sea-surface temperatures.A.Right3).The Columbia University researchers are the first to use sea-sur

37、facetemperatures to match the past El Nino occurrences.C.Not mentioned4).Weare/s contribution in predicting El Nino,was highly praised by othermeteorologists.C.Not mentioned5).According to a Chinese report,the flooding in China caused by El Nino in 199 1 and 1 997 affected 200 million Chinese people

38、.B.Wrong6).It takes about eight months for El Nino to reach its peak.A.right7).A special institute has been set up in America to study El Nino.C.Not mentioned职称英语考试综合类A级阅读判断题2Would you quit your job if you didnt need the money?In a 1990 poll by theGallop Organization,many people said quitting work w

39、as an important reason to berich.Yet researchers find that work is one of life/s chief satisfactions for people.But after five years of perpetual vacation,Flower began to miss the challengesof work.So in 1992,he bought a fitness chain for children and now spends 75 hours aweek immersed in balance sh

40、eets and staff meetings./zMy best days on the golfcourse weren/t half as much fun as a good day at the office,/7he says.A job,studies show,is more than a paycheck.Doing something well can increaseconfidence and self-worth.When sociologist H.Ray Kaplan surveyed 139 lottery（彩票）millionaires,he discover

41、ed 60 percent continued working at least a year aftertheyd won.考试用书1.The Gallop poll shows many people want to be rich in order not to work.A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned2.Some researchers did another survey after the Gallop poll.A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned3.Berry Fowler was no longer busy afte

42、r he retied.A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned4.According to Berry Fowler,his pastime wasnt as funny as working at office.A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned5.Work is important in that it offer pay,increase confidence and self-worth.A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentionedA.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned7.The Roper

43、Starch Worldwide survey found that most Americans find jobs ofhigher pay more satisfying.A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned参考答案：1.A.2.C.3.B.4.A.5.A.6.B.7.A.职称英语考试综合类A级概括大意习题3Anniversary Ceremony in Moscow1 With thousands of soldiers and war veterans parading across Moscows RedSquare and fighter jets sc

44、reaming overhead,Russia celebrated the 60th anniversaryof defeating Nazi Germany.More than 50 world leaders,including Chinas PresidentHu Jintao,attended the ceremony.2 Speaking at the start of the parade,Russias President Vladimir Putin praisedall those who fought for freedom and independence.The,wa

45、r shows that resortingto force to solve problems will result in tragedy for the world,so a peaceful ordershould be safeguarded（护卫）based on security,justice and cultural exchange,Putinsaid.Faced with the real threat of terrorism today,we must remain faithful to thememory of our fathers.It is our duty

46、 to defend a world order based on security andjustice and on a new culture of relations among nations that will not allow a repeat ofany war,neither cold nor hot,he continued.3 The Second World War is perhaps the most catastrophic（灾难性的）eventthat mankind has ever suffered.The war affected 80 per cent

47、 of the worlds people atthat time,from 61 countries,and claimed 55 million lives.4 After the celebration,President Hu said that peace,development andcooperation were the future.China will unswervingly（坚定地），follow the road ofpeace and development and will make a joint effort with all nations to contr

48、ibute tosafeguarding world peace and promoting development,he said.5 German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder asked Russia for forgiveness for thesuffering Germany inflicted（造成）during the Second World War in an article inSundays Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper,Today we ask forgiveness for thesuffering inf

49、licted upon the Russian people and other peoples at the hands ofGermans and in the name of Germans,Schroeder said.6 President Hu and the other leaders also joined a wreath（花圈）layingceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers on Monday.24 Paragraph 3.25 Paragraph 4.26 Paragraph 5.A Gloomy worldC Chi

50、nas determinationD Schroeders plea for forgivenessE Worlds worst disasterF Pacific war27 Russia celebrated.28 World War Two deprived.29 China pledges herself to follow.30 The world leaders finally attended.A 61 countriesB a wreath laying ceremonyC the 60th anniversary of its victory over Nazi German