【考仕網(wǎng)論壇】2010年職稱英語考試?yán)砉ゎ?A級)考試真題及答案解析

1、 國家公務(wù)員考試官方論壇：考仕網(wǎng)論壇2010年職稱英語考試?yán)砉ゎ悾ˋ級）考試真題及答案解析第1部分：詞匯選項(第115題，每題1分，共15分) 下面每個句子中均有1個詞或短語劃有底橫線，請為每處劃線部分確定1個意義最為接近的選項。 1I cant put up with my neighbors noise any longer，itS driving me mad Atolerate Bgenerate CreduceDmensure 2Regular visits from a social worker can be of immense value to old people livi

2、ng alone Aequal Bimmediate Cmoderate Dgreat 3He was rather vague about the reasons why he never finished school Abright Bunclear Cgeneral Dbad 4I want to provide my boys with a decent education Aspecial Bprivate Cgeneral Dgood 5Sleep stairs can present a particular hazard to older people Apicture Bd

3、anger Cevidence Dcase 6Our arrangements were thrown into complete turmoil Adoubt Brelief Cfailure Dconfusion 7Patricia stared at the other girls with resentment Alove Bsurprise Canger Ddoubt 8Your dog needs at least 20 minutes of vigorous exercise every day Aenergetic Bfree Cphysical Dregular 9I enj

4、oyed the play-it had a clever plot and very funny dialogues Aboring Boriginal ChumorousDlong 10Lower taxes would spur investment and help economic growth Aattract Bspend Cencourage Drequire 11He demolished my argument in minutes Asupported Bdisproved Cdisputed Daccepted 12The two banks have announce

5、d plans to merge next year Aclose Bsell Cbreak Dcombine 13Her father was a quiet man with graceful manners Apolite Busual Cbad Dsimilar 14The project required ten years of diligent research Ahardworking Bsocial Cbasic Dscientific 15He was kept in appalling conditions in prison Anecessary Bterrible C

6、critical Dnormal 第2部分：閱讀判斷(第1622題，每題1分，共7分) 下面的短文后列出了7個句子，請根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容對每個句子做出判斷：如果該句提供的是正確信息，請選擇A；如果該句提供的是錯誤信息，請選擇B；如果該句的信息文中沒有提及，請選擇C。 California Gives Green Light to Space Solar Power Energy beamed down from space is one step closer to reality，now that California has given the green light to an agreem

7、ent that would see the Pacific Gas and Electric Company buy 200 megawatt (兆瓦)of power beamed down from solar-power satellites beginning in 2016But some major chal lenges will have to be overcomed if the technology is to be used widely A start-up company called Solaren is designing the satellites，whi

8、ch it says will use radio waves to beam energy down to a receiving station on Earth The attraction of collecting solar power in space is the almost uninterrupted sunshine available in eosynchronous(與地球同步的)orbitEarth-based solar cells，by contrast，can only collect sun Light during daytime and when ski

9、es are clear But space-based solar power must grapple(努力克服)with the high cost per kilogram of launching things into space，says Richard Schwartz of Purdue University in West Lafayette，Indiana， If youre talking about it being economically viable or power of the Earth，its a tough gohe says. Cal Boerman

10、，Solarens director of energy services，says the company designed its satellites with a view to keeping launch costs downWe knew we had to come up with a different，revolu-tionary design，he saysA patent the company has won describes ways to reduce the systemSweight，including using inflatable minors to

11、focus sunlight on solar cells，so a smaller number cancollect the same amount of energy But using minors introduces other chaHenges，including keeping the solar cells from overhea-ting，says SchwartzYou have to take care of heat dissipation(散發(fā))because youre now concen-trating a lot of energy in one pla

12、ce，he saysAccording to the companys patent，Solarens solarcells will be connected to radiators to help keep them cool Though Boerman says the company believes it can make space-based solar power work，it is notexpecting to crowd out other forms of renewable energyLaws in California and other states re

13、quireincreasing use of renewable energy in coming years，he points outTo meet those needs，were go-ing to need all types of renewable energy sources，he says 16Solar-power satellites will use radio waves to beam energy down from space ARight BWrong CNot mentioned 17Solaren is going to design 200 solar-

14、power satellites ARight BWrong CNot mentioned 18Space-based solar cells could collect solar power only when skies are clear ARightBWrong CNot mentioned 19One advantage of space-based solar power system is that it is economical ARight BWrong CNot mentioned 20Inflatable minors are used to reduce the s

15、pace-based solar power system ARight BWrong CNot mentioned 21Space-based solar power will rule out other forms of renewable energy sources ARight BWrong CNot mentioned 22Many countries will grant permission for the use of spaced-based solar power soon ARight BWrong CNot mentioned 第3部分：概括大意與完成句子(第233

16、0題，每題1分，共8分) 下面的短文后有2項測試任務(wù)： (1)第2326題要求從所給的6個選項中為第2-5段每段選擇1個最佳標(biāo)題； (2)第2730題要求從所給的6個選項中為每個句子確定1個最佳選項。 Natural Gas 1 Natural gas is produced from reservoirs deep beneath the earths surfaceIt is a fossil fuel (礦物質(zhì)燃料)，meaning that it is derived from organic material buried in the earth millions of years

17、agoThe main component of natural gas is methane(甲烷) 2 The popularity and use of clean natural gas has increased dramatically over the past 50 years as pipeline infrastructure(基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施)has been installed to deliver it conveniently and economically to millions of residential，commercial and industrial cust

18、omers worldwideToday，natural gas serviceis available in all 50 states in the US，and is the leading energy choice for fueling Americanhomes and idustries。More than 65 million American homes use natural gasIn fact，natural gas isthe most economical source for home energy needs，costing one-third as much

19、 as electricityIn addi-tion to heating homes，much of the gas used in the United States is used as a raw material to manu-facture a wide variety of products，from paint，to fibers for clothing，to plastics for heahhcare，con-puting and furnishingsNatural gas is also used in a significant number of new el

20、ectricity-generating power plants 3 Natural gas is one of the safest and cleanest fuels availableIt emits less pollution than oth-er fossil fuel sourcesWhen natural gas is burned，it produces mostly carbon dioxide(二氧化碳) and water vapor-the same substances emitted when humans exhaleCompared with some

21、other fos-sil fuels，natural gas emits the least amount of carbon dioxide into the air when combusted(燃燒)， making natural gas the cleanest burning fossil fuel of a11 4 The United States consumes about one-third of the worldS natural gas output，making it the largest gas-consuming region in the worldTh

22、e USDepartment of EnergyS Energy Information Ad-ministration forecasts that natural gas demand will grow by more than 50 percent by 2025 5 There are huge reserves of natural gas beneath the earths surfaceThe largest reserves of natural gas can be found in Russia，West and North Africa and the Middle

23、EastLNG(液化天然氣)has been produced domestically and imported in the United States for more than four decades Today，the leading importes of LNG are Japan，Korea，F(xiàn)rance and Spain 23Paragraph 2_ 24Paragraph 3_ 25Paragraph 4_. 26Paragraph 5_ APopularity and use of natural gas BNatural gas reserves and suppl

24、y CNatural gas prices DClean fuel of choice EDisadvantages of natural gas FNatural gas consumption 27Natural gas is stored deep_ 28Natural gas is recognized as the most economical energy source_ 29When manufacturing many products，people commonly use natural gas_ 30It is estimated that by 2025 that n

25、atural gas demand in the United States will increase_ Aover the past 50 years Bbeneath the earth surface Cby more than 50 percent Dfor more than four decades Eas a raw material Ffor home energy needs 第4部分：閱讀理解(第3l45題，每題3分，共45分) 下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道題。請根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,為每題確定1個最佳選項。 第一篇 How the First Stars in the Un

26、iverse Came into Existence How the first stars formed from this dust and gas has been a burning question for years，but a state-of-the-art computer simulation now offers the most detailed picture yet of how these first stars in the universe came into existence，researchers say The composition of the e

27、arly universe was quite different from that of today，and the physics that governed the early universe were also somewhat simplerDrNaoki Yoshida and colleagues in Japan and the USincorporated these conditions of the early universe，sometimes referred to as the cosmic dark ages，to simulate the formatio

28、n of an astronomical object that would eventually shine its light into this darkness The result is a detailed description of the formation of a protostar-the early stage of a massive primordial star of our universe，and the researcherscomputer simulation，which has been called a cosmic Rosetta Stonese

29、ts the bar for further investigation into the star formation processThe question of how the first stars evolved is so important because their formations and eventual explo-sions provided the seeds for subsequent stars to come into being According to their simulation，gravity acted on minute density v

30、ariations in matter，gases，and the mysteriousdark matterof the universe after the Big Bang in order to form this early stage of a star-a protostar with a mass of just one percent of our sunThe simulation reveals how pre-stellar gases would have actually evolved under the simpler physics of the early

31、universe to form this protostar DrYoshidas simulation also shows that the protostar would likely evolve into a massive star capableof synthesizing heavy elements，not just in later generations of stars，but soon after the Big Bang This geneal picture of star formation，and the ability to compare how st

32、ellar objects form in different time periods and regions of the universe，will eventually allow investigation into the originsof life and planets，said Lars Hernquist，a Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University and a coauthor of this latest reportThe abundance of elements in the universe has increa

33、sed as stars haveaccumulated，he says，and the formation and destruction of stars continues to spread these ele ments further across the universeSo when you think about ita11 of the elements in our bodies originally formed from nuclear reactions in the centers of stars，long ago Their simulation of the

34、 birth of a protostar in the early universe signifies a key step toward theambitious goal of piecing together the formation of an entire primordial star and of predicting the massand properties of these first stars of the universeMore powerful computers，more physical data，andan even larger range wil

35、l be needed for further calculations and simulations，but these researchers hope to eventually extend this simulation to the point of nuclear reaction initiation-when a stellar ob ject becomes a true star DrYoshida has taken the study of primordial star formation to a new level with this simulation，b

36、ut it still gets us only to the halfway point towards our final goalIt is like laying the foundation of a skyscraper，said Volker Bromm，Assistant Professor of Astronomy at the University of Tex as，Austin and the author of a companion articleWe must continue our studies in this area to un-derstand how

37、 the initially tiny protostar grows，layer by layer，to eventually form a massive starButhere，the physics become much more complicated and even more computational resources are needed 31According to the first two paragraphs，the early universe_ Awas governed by simpler physics Bgot fewer stars shinning

38、 in it Cstarted over 13 billion years ago Dwas composed in a way similar to that of today 32What can the state-of-theart computer simulation tell us about? AHow the Big Bang occurred about 13 billion years ago BHowcosmic dark agescame into existence CHow dust grains and gases were formed after the B

39、ig Bang DHow the first stars canle into being after the Big Bang 33What does theastronomical objectin paragraph 2 refer to? Acosmic dark ages Bdust grains and gases Ca protostarDthe early universe 34According to paragraph 4，what is NOT true about a protostar? AIt developed into a massive star during

40、 the Big Bang BIt evolved from pre-stellar gases CIt was able to integrate heavy elements when evolving into a massive star DIt had a mass of one percent of the sun 35According to the last paragraph，all of the following are goals of the simulation project EXCEPT Ato know more about the mass and prop

41、erties of the first stars of the universe Bto simulate the process of how the early universe began Cto apply the simulation to the study of nuclear reaction initiation Dto discover the truth about the formation of a protostar 第二篇 The Iceman On a September,day in 1991，two Germans were climbing the mo

42、untain between Austra and Ita 1yHigh up on a mountain pass，they found the body of a man lying on the iceAt that height (10，499 feet，or 3，200 meters)，the ice is usually permanent，but 1991 had been an especially warm yearThe mountain ice had melted more than iust usual and so the body had come to the

43、surfaceIt was lying face downwardThe skeleton(骨架)was in perfect condition except a wound on the headremains of some clothesThe hands were still holding the wooden handle of an ax and on the feet there were very simple leather and cloth bootsNearby was a pair of gloves made of tree bark (樹皮)and a hol

44、der for arrows Who was the man?How and when had he died?Everybody had a different answer to these questionsSome people thought that it was from this century，perhaps the body of a soldier who died in World War I，since several soldiers had already been found in this areaA Swiss woman who believed it m

45、ight be her father，who had died in those mountains twenty years before and whose body had never been foundThe scientists who rushed to look at the body thought it was probably much older，maybe even a thousand years old With modem dating techniques，the scientists soon learned that the iceman was abou

46、t 5，300 years oldBorn in about 3300 BC，he lived during the Bronze Age in EuropeAt first scientists thought he was probably a hunter who had died from an accident in the high mountainsMore recent evidence，however，tells a different storyA new kind of X-ray shows an arrowhead still stuck in his shoulde

47、rIt left only a tiny hole in his skin，but it caused internal damage and bleedingHe almost certainly died from this wound，and not from the wound oil the back of his headThis means that he was probably in some kind of battleIt may have been part oi a large war，or he may have beenfightiing banditsHe ma

48、y even have been a bandit himself By studying his clothes and tools，scientists have already learned a great deal from the Iceman about the times he lived inwe may never know the full story of how he died，but he has given usimportant clues to the history of those distant times 36The body of the icema

49、n was found in the mountains mainly because_ Ahe was lying on the ice Btwo Germans were climbing mountains Cthe melted ice made him visible Dhe was just on a mountain pass 37What can be inferred from paragraph 2? AThe iceman was killed while working BThe iceman could have died from the wound in the

50、head CThe iceman lived a poor life DThe iceman was struck dead from behind 38All the following are assumptions once made about iceman EXCEPT_ Ahe was a soldier in World War I Bhe came from Italy Che was a Swiss womans long-lost father DHe was born about a thousand years ago 39The scientists made the

51、 deduction that the iceman_ Awas hit in the shoulder by an arrowhead Bwas probably in some kind of a battle Chad got a wound on the back of his head Dhas a tiny hole in his skin causing his death 40The wordbanditsin paragraph 4 could be best replaced by_ Arobbers Bsoldiers C hunters Dshooters 第三篇 Sc

52、ientists Make Sweet Discovering Good news for chocoholics：the treat preferred by millions all over the world is good for you， according to American researchers at the University of CaliforniaChocolate contains substancescalled flavonoids that can help maintain a healthy heart and good circulationThe

53、 researchers havediscovered that cocoa acts like aspirin and that eating a bar of chocolate has also been shown to release endorphins in the body：these chemicals help to reduce pain and stress and make you feel happy. The Olmec Indians of Mexico and Central America were the first to grow cocoa beans

54、，in about1500 BC，and the Mayas were drinking unsweetened coca hundreds of years before it became fashionable in Europe In 1544，a delegation of Mayan nobles visited Philip of Spain and gave him jars of cocoa as a giftCocoa soon became fashionable in Spain and PortugalThe Spanish were the first to add

55、 sugarto their cocoa drink By the middle of the century，solid chocolate was becoming familiarIn 1765，James Baker and John Hanan opened the first chocolate mill in the United States，introducing chocolate to the average citizenIn 1896，in Switzerland，Daniel Peter had the idea of adding milk in the chocolate-making process and produced the first milk chocolate Since then，chocolate has grown enormously in popularityOne of the biggest chocolate-eatingnations is Britain where the average man，women，and child eats nine kilos of chocol