2002年職稱英語等級考試試題-綜合類A級

1、2002年職稱英語等級考試試題-綜合類A級笫l部分：詞匯選項(xiàng) (第115題，每題1分，共5分)下面共有15個(gè)句子，每個(gè)句子中均有1個(gè)詞或短語畫有底橫線，請從每個(gè)句子后面所給的4個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇1個(gè)與畫線部分意義最相近的詞或短語。答案一律涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。1 The price of vegetables fluctuates according to the weatherA jumps B risesC falls D changes2 Did you do that to irritate her?A tease B attractC annoy D protect3 Mary look

2、ed pale and wearyA ill B tiredC worried D peaceful4 The water in this part of the river has been contaminated by sewage(污水)A polluted B downgradedC mixed D blackened5 Her treatment of the subject is exhaustiveA very boring B verythoroughC very interesting D very touching6 Alice is a fascinating girl

3、A a beautiful B a prettyC an attractive D a pleasant7 Her mood can be gauged by her reaction to the most trivial of incidents.A displayed B shownC proved D assessed8 The old lady let her flat to an English couple.A offered B rentedC provided D sold9 She stood there crying and trembling with fearA sh

4、aking B staggeringC struggling D murmuring10 They strolled around the lake for an hour or soA ran B rolledC walked D raced11 The conclusion can be deduced from the premisesA argued B derivedC permitted D come12 I can no longer tolerate his actions.A put up with B acceptC take D suffer from13 Our pla

5、n is to a11ocate one member of staff to handle appointmentsA ask B persuadeC assign D order14 She has been the subject of massive media coverage.A extensive B negativeC responsive D explosive15 I expect that she will be able to cater for your particular needsA supply B reachC provide D meet第2部分：閱讀判斷

6、 （第1622題，每題1分，共7分）閱讀下面這篇短文，短文后列出7個(gè)句子，請根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容對每個(gè)句子做出判斷。如果該句提供的是正確信息，請?jiān)诖痤}卡上把A涂黑；如果該句提供的信息是錯(cuò)誤信息，請?jiān)诖痤}卡上把B涂黑；如果該句的信息文章中沒有提及，請?jiān)诖痤}卡上把C涂黑。Coming Soonto a Theater Near You!What are special effects?Do you enjoy movies that use a lot of special effects？Dinosaurs(恐龍)from the distant past!Space battles from the

7、 distant future!There has been a revolution in special effects，and it has transformed the movies we see.The revolution began in the mid-1970s with George Lucass Star Wars，a film that stunned (使震驚)audiencesThat revolution continues to the present，with dramatic changes in special-effects technologyThe

8、 company behind these changes is Lucass Industrial Light%26amp; Magic (ILM)And the man behind the company is Dennis Muren，who has worked with Lucas since Star WarsMurens interest in special effects began very earlyAt the age of 6，he was photographing toy dinosaurs and spaceshipsAt 10，he had an 8-mil

9、limeter movie camera and was making these things move through stop-motion(Stop-motion is a process in which objects are shot with a cameramoved slightly,shot again，and so onWhen the shots are put together,the objecto appear to move.)Talk to Muren and youll understand what ILM is all about：taking on

10、new challenges.By 1989，Muren decided he had pushed the old technology as far as it would go.He saw computer graphics(圖像)(CG)technology as the wave of the future andtook a year off to master itWith CG technology,images can be scanned into a computer for processmg，tbr example，and many separate shots c

11、an be combined into a single imageCG technology has now reached the point，Muren says，where special effects can be used to do just about anything so that movies can tell stories bener than ever beforeThe huge success of Jurassic Park and its sequel(續(xù)集)，The Lost Word,the stars of which were computer-g

12、enerated dinosaurs，suggests that this may very well be true.1 6 The special-effects revolution began in the mid-1980s with Star WarsA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned17 ILM is the company responsible for many of the changes in special- effects technologyA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned18 Dennis Muren st

13、arted his schooling at a very early ageA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned19 At the age of 10，Muren was able to use computer graphics technology to make things moveA Right B Wrong C Not mentioned20 By the stop-motion process，many separate shots can be combined into a single image.A Right B Wrong C Not m

14、entioned21 Muren feels that with CG technology,special effects can be used to make movies more expressive.A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned22 Todays film makers emphasize special effects at the expense of the story.A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned第3部分：概括大意與完成句子 (第2330題，每題1分，共8分)閱讀下面整蔓短文，短文后有2項(xiàng)測試任務(wù)：(1)第

15、2326題要求從所給的6個(gè)選項(xiàng)中為第25段每段選擇1個(gè)正確的小標(biāo)題；(2)第2730題要求從所給的6個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇4個(gè)正確選項(xiàng)，分別完成每個(gè)句子。請將答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)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 communication medium，of which the-plural(復(fù)數(shù)的)form is media，is a

16、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 through the mass mediaEvery day we get hundreds of themThink abo

17、ut advertisements，for exampleWe see and hear these messages almost everywhere we goAdvertisements are important messages，even though they are sometimes annoyingThey help us compare and evaluate products3. Most ot us get more information from the media than from the classroomThinkfor a moment，about h

18、ow you learn about local news and eventsDo you depend on other people or the media?What about international news?What is the most important source of information for you?People who are asked this question usually answer，Television4 Think of all the messages you received todayPerhaps you read a newsp

19、aper during breakfast，or maybe you read advertisements on billboards(露天廣告牌)on your way to 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 medium of mass communication-a book5 We use the information

20、 we get from radio，television，newspapers，and other media to make decisions and form opinionsThat is why the mass media are so importantEditorials and articles in newspapers help us decide how to vote，consumer reports on television help us decide how to spend our money,and international news on the r

21、adio makes us think and form opinions about questions of war and peace23 Paragraph 224 Paragraph 325 Paragraph 426 Paragraph 5A lmportance of Classroom LearningB Television-A Rich Source of InformationC Advertisements as lmportant Messages from the Mass MediaD Various Messages One May Receive Each D

22、ayE Media-Means 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 media arc important to US because they shape .A sports newsB our

23、decisions and opinionsC mass communicationD our messagesE source of informationF the mass media第4部分：閱讀理解(第3145題，每題3分，共45分)下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道題，每題后面有4個(gè)選項(xiàng)。請仔細(xì)閱讀短文并根據(jù)短文回答其后面的問題，從4個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇1個(gè)最佳答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。第一篇 Valuing ChildhoodThe value of childhood is easily blurred(變得模糊不清)in todays worldConsider some recen

24、t developments：The childmurderers in the Jonesboro，Arkschoolyard shooting case were convicted and sentencedTwo boys，7 arid 8，were charged in the murder of an 11-year-old girl in ChicagoChildren who commit horrible crimes appear to act of their own willYet，as legal proceedings in Jonesboro showed，the

25、 one boy who was able to address the court couldllt begin to explain his acts，though he tried to apologizeThere may have been a motiveyouthful jealousy(妒忌)and resentmentBut a deeper question remains：Why did these boys and others insimilar trouble apparently lack any inner,moral restraint?That questi

26、on echoes for the accused in Chicago，young as they areThey wanted the girls bicycle，a selfish impulse cornmort enough among kidsRedemption(拯救)is a practical necessityHow can value be restored to young lives distorted by acts of violence? The boys in Jonesboro and in Chicago will be confined in insti

27、tutions for a relatively short timeDespite horror at what was done，children are not-cannot be-dealt with as adults，not if a people wants to consider itself civilizedThats why politicianscries for adult treatment ofyouthful criminals ultimately miss the pointBut the moral void(真空)that invites violenc

28、e has many sourcesFamily instability contributesSo does economic stressThat void，however,can be filledThe work starts with parents,who have to ask themselves whether theyre doing enough to give their children a firm sense of right and wrongAre they really monitoring their activities and their develo

29、ping processes of thought?Schools，too，have a role in building characterSo do youth organizationsSo do youth entorcement agencies，which can do more to inform the young about laws，their meaning，and their observance(遵守)The goal，ultimately,is to allow all children a normal passage from childhood to adul

30、thood(成年)，so that tragic gaps in moral judgement are less likely to occur.The relative few who fill such gaps with acts of violence hint at many others who dont go that far,but who 1ack the moral foundations childhood should provideand which progressive human society relies on31 The two boys in Chic

31、ago wereA shotB murderedC accusedD sentenced32 The boys in Jonesboro and Chicago apparently lacked a sense ofA right and wrongB disciplineC shameD safety33 According to politicians，when children commit crimes，they should be treated in the same way asA murderersB criminalsC victimsD adults34 Which of

32、 the following does the writer cite as a source of moral void?A Official corruptionB Social injusticeC Family instabilityD Racial discrimination35 Which of the statements is NOT true according to this passage?A Parents should strengthen moral instructionB Schools should help create a moral sense in

33、childrenC Law enforcement agencies should do more to help children understand laws.D Youth organizations play no role in building character第二篇 Characteristics of PublieityPublicity offers several benefitsThere are no costs for message time or space.An ad in prime-time television may cost$250，000 to$

34、500，000 or more per minute，whereas a five-minute report on a network newscast would not cost anythingHowever,there are costs for news releases, a publicity department，and other itemsAs with advertising，publicity reaches a mass audience.Within a short time，new products or company policies are widely

35、knownLine 5Credibility about messages is high，because they are reported in independent media.A newspaper review of a movie has more believability than an ad in the same paper,because the reader associates independence with objectivitySimilarly,people are more likely to pay attention to news reports

36、than to adsFor example，The Womens Wear Daily has both fashion reports and advertisementsReaders spend time reading the stories，but they flip through(瀏覽)the adsFurhermore，there may be 10 commercials during a half-hour television program or hundreds of ads in a magazineFeature stories are much fewer i

37、n number and stand out clearlyPublicity also has some significant limitationsA firm has little control over messages，their timing，their placement，or their coverage by a given mediumIt may issue dctailed news releases and find only portions cited by the media；and media have the ability to be much mor

38、e critical than a company would likeFor examplein 1 982，Procter%26amp;Gamble faced a substantial publicity problem over the meaning of its 123-year-old company logo(標(biāo)志)A few ministers and other private citizens believed that the symbol was sacrilegious(褻瀆的)These beliefs were covered extensively by t

39、he media and resulted in the firm receiving 1 5，000 phone calls about the rumor in June alone.To combat this negative publicity,the firm issued news releases featuring prominent clergy(神父) that refuted(消除)the rumors，threatened to sue(控告)those people spreading the stories，and had a spokesperson appea

40、r on Good Morning AmericaThe mediacooperated with the company and the false rumors were temporarily put to restHowever, in 1985，negative publicity became so disruptive that Procter%26amp;Gamble decided to remove the logo from its productsA firm may want publicity during certain periods，such as when

41、a new product is introduced or new store openedbut the media may not cover the introduetion or openmg until after the time it would aid the firmSimilarly,the media determine the placement of a story；it may follow areport on crime or sports.Finally,the media determine whether to cover a story at all

42、and the amount of coverage to be devoted to itA company-sponsored jobs program might go unreported or receive threesentence coverage in a local newspaper36 The wordmassin Line 5 could best be replaced byA groupedB crowdedC gatheredD large37 The second paragraph implies that people are more likely to

43、 believe storiesA in a newspaper than in a womens dailyB in a newspaper than in a magazineC in an independent newspaper than in a dependent newspaperD in a magazine than in a local newspaper38 According to the passage，which of the following statements is true?A A firm can control and time publicity

44、accuratelyB A firm can neither control nor time publicity accuratelyC A firm can either control or time publicity accuratelyD In most cases a firm can control and time publicity accurately39 The example in Paragraph 4 is intended to demonstrateA the power of publicityB the victim of publicityC the t

45、errible effects of rumorsD the vulnerability of people to publicity40 The passage implies thatA the placement of a story is not quite importantB the report of a crime may not be trueC local newspapers are not interested in company-sponsored programs.D publicity is not always necessary第三篇 Effects of

46、Environmental PollutionIf poilution continues to increase at the present rate，formation of aerosols(浮質(zhì))in the atmosphere will cause the onset(開始)of an ice age in about fifty yearstimeThis conclusion,reached by Dr SIRasool and Dr SHSchneider of the United States Goddard Space Flight Centre，answers th

47、e apparently conflicting questions of whether an increase in the carbon dioxide (二氧化碳)content of the atmosphere will cause the Earth to warm up or increasing the aerosol content will cause it to cool downThe Ameficans have shown conclusively that the aerosol question is dominantTwo spectres haunting

48、 conservationists have been the prospect that environmental pollution might 1ead to the planets becoming unbearably hot or coldOne of these ghosts has now been 1aidbecause it seems that even an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to eight times its present value will produce a

49、n increase in temperature of only 2.which would take place over several thousand yearsBut the other problem now looms larger than everAerosols are collections of small liquid or solid particles dispersed in air or some other mediumThe particles are all so tiny that each is composed of only a few hun

50、dred atomsBecause of this they can float in the air for a very long timePerhaps the most commonly experienced aerosol is industrial smog(煙霧)ofthe kind that plagued London in the 1950s and is an even greater problem in Los Angeles todayThese collections of aerosols reflect the Suns heat and thereby c

51、ause the Earth to coolDr Rasool and Dr Schneider have calculated the exact effect of a dust aerosollayer just above the Earths surface in the temperature of the planetAs the layer builds upthe present delicate balance between the amount of heat absorbed from the Sun and the amount radiated from the

52、Earth is disturbedThe aerosol layer not only reflects much of the Suns light but alsotransmits the infrhred(紅外線的)radiation from belowSo，while the heat input to the surface dropsthe loss of heat remains high until the planet cools to a new balanced stateWithin fifty years，if no steps are taken to sto

53、p the spread of aerosols in the atmosphere，a cooling of the Earth by as much as 3.5. seems inevitableIf that lasts for only a few years it would start another ice age，and because the growing ice caps at each pole would themselves reflect much of the Suns radiation it would probably continue to devel

54、op even if the aerosollayer were destroyedThe only bright spot in this gloomy forecast lies in the hope expressed by Dr Rasool and Dr Schneider that nuclear power may replace fossil fuels in time to prevent the aerosol content of the atmosphere from becoming critical4l The authors main purpose in wr

55、iting the article is to warn ofA warm weatherB hot weatherC a new ice ageD a new iceberg42 The wordspeciesin the second paragraph is closest in meaning toA pollutionB carbondioxideC aerosolsD ghosts43 We learn from the third paragraph thatA London was plagued with rats in the 1950sB London is covered with smog todayC London was polluted by smog in the 1950sD Los Angeles is as heavily polluted today as London was in the 1950s44 What