中石油職稱英語考試大綱模擬試題三

1、2016中石油職稱英語考試大綱 模擬試題三模擬試題三L Vocabulary Section ADirections: There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence and mark your answer on the answer sheet.1. You'll have to buy some ne

2、w shoes as these are,A. used upB. wasted away C. broken down D. worn out2. Will all thosethe proposal raise their hands?A. in relation to B. in excess of C. in contrast to D. in favor of3. He is among those lucky students who have won to first rate university.A. permission B. admittance C. professio

3、n D. admission4. People try to avoid public transportation delays by using their cars, and this creates further problems.A. after allB. in turnC. in caseD. in time5. He was unable toto the group what he meant.A. get inB. get across C. get along D. get off6. Some old people don't like pop songs b

4、ecause they can't so much noise.A. resistB. tolerateC. sustainD. undergo7. His discovery counts nothing though he tried very hard.A. onB. forC. inD. up8. Difficulties and hardships havethe best qualities of the young geologist.A. brought out B. brought about C. brought forth D. brought up9. Rich

5、ard doesn't think he could ever what is called “freestyle” poetry.A. take onB. take over C. take toD. take after10. He kept rubbing the child until _ he fell asleep.A. long after B. soon after C. before long D. long beforeSection BDirections: There are 10 sentences in this section. Below each se

6、ntence are four other words or phrases. You are to choose the one word or phrase which would best keeping the meaning of the original sentence if it were substituted for the underlined word or phrase. Then, mark your answer on the answer sheet.11. One hundred years ago, communication lag between cou

7、ntries was measured in days or even months, but now due to modem technology the lags has been reduced to seconds.A. inconvenience B. delayC. intervalD. progress12. A full moon's illumination will highlieht the San Francisco skyline against the night sky.A. discernB. brightenC. illustrateD. proje

8、ct13. The issue we are discussing concerns everyone who has children.A. subjectB. bookC. articleD. equation14. Most teenagers think their actions are mature.A. grown-upB. intelligent C. seriousD. childlike15. The budget director wanted to be certain that his officers were aware of the deadline.A. us

9、k ifB. pretend that C. make sure that D. know if16. An archeologist must know exactln where and when an artifact was found.A. intuitivelyB. immediately C. brieflyD. precisely17. The President forecast that war would soon break out between the two neighboring slates.A. hintedB. worriedC. predictedD.

10、disagreed18. Jack said that it was essential to leave immediatelv.C. desirableD. necessaryB. hostile to each otherA. unwiseB. possible19. Weren't those two writers contemporaries?A. equally famousC. familiar with each otherD. living at the same time20. Those housing projects must be designed and

11、 built according to very strict criteria.A. locationsB. relationsC. contractsD. standardsII Grammatical StructureSection ADirections: There are 10 incomplete sentences in this purl. For each sentence there are four choices marked 4 B. C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence a

12、nd mark your answer on the answer sheet.21. You are supposed eventhing ready by now.A. to getB. gettingC. to have got D. having got22. . all behavior is learned behavior is a basic assumption of social scientists.A. NearlyB. That nearly C. It is nearly D. When nearly23. ril lend you my cassette reco

13、rder 1'vc done with it.A. every time B. the moment C. untilD. lest24. He wondered.A. what would his wife's reaction be B. how would be his wife's reaction C. what will be his wife'sreaction D. what his wife飛 reaction would be25. The students the exercises, the teacher went on to expl

14、ain the text.A. doingB. didC. having done D. to do26. We shall start at seven if it by that time.A. will stop rainingB. stops to rainC. has stopped rainingD. will have stopped to rain27. You her in office last Friday; She's been out of town for two weeks.A. needn't have seenB. might have see

15、nC. must have seenD. can9t have seen28. Don't you know if s the first time he this kind of meeting?A. attendsB. attendedC. has attended D. is attending23. The foreign guests,were scientists, were warmly welcomed at the train station.A. most of them B. most of whom C. most of that D. most of thos

16、e30.1 need more volunteers to help move the piano. A. noneB. anyC. fewD. someSection BDirections: In questions 31-40 each sentence has four underlined words or phrases, marked A, B, CD. Choose the one word or phrase which is incorrect and must be changed to make the sentence correct. Then mark your

17、answer on the answer sheet.31. The Vermont Elementary Science Project according to its founders, are desi卬led to challenge ABsome of the most widely held beliefs about teaching. CD32. Of the many machines invented in the late nineteenth century, none had a great impact on the ABCUnited States ecoiwi

18、m than the automobile. D33. Yesterday. Mr. Frank, who was negotiating a new contract, disappoint this supervisor. ABCD34. The director should decide to hire her, we should advise the personnel office to prepare all the ABCnecessary paperwork.D35. We've decided to stop to interview qualified appl

19、icants who are not willing to relocate, ABCD36. There is a rumor that the workers are discussiiiR establishing union, ABCD37. Mr. Jenkins made the decision that she will promote her administrative assistant before ABC the end of the vear. IVD38. A repair job is costing over S3,000 is automatically d

20、iscounted $500 from the Atal cost. ABCD39. Mr. Spencer advised me talking to my colleague about the problem before filing an official ABCcomplaint a.aicst her.D40. Louisa May Akott is chiefly remembered for Little woinenf one of the most popular girlsbooks ever wrote.HL Cloze TestDirections: There a

21、re 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark you're answer on the answer sheet.Many students find tiie experience of attending universitjr lectures to be a confusing and fni

22、strating experience. Tiie lecturer speaks for one or tvvo hours, perhaps 41 the talk with slides, writing up important infbnnation on the blackboard, distributing reading material and giving out 42 . The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and wonders what to write.

23、 Very often the student leaves the lecture 43 notes which do not catch the main points and which become hard even fbr the 44 to understand.Most institutions provide courses which assist new students to develop ttie skills they need to be effective listeners and note-takers. 45 these are unavailable,

24、 there are many useful study-skills guides which enable learners to practice these skills 46 .In all cases it is important to tackle the problem 47 actually starting your studies.It is important to acknowledge that most students have difficulty in acquiring the language skills 48 in college study. O

25、ne way of overcoming these difficulties is to attend tiie language and study skills classes which most institutions provide throughout ttie 49 year. Another basic strategy is to find a study partner 50 it is possible to identthr difficulties, exchange ideas and provide support41. A. extendingB. illu

26、stratingC. i)ertbnniiigD.conducting42. A. assignmentsB. infonnationC. contentD. definition43. A. withoutB. withC. onD. except44. A. teachersB. classmatesC. partnersD- students45. A. BecauseB. ThoughC.WhetherD.If46. A. independently B. repeatedlyC. logicallyD. generally47. A. beforeB. afterC. whileD.

27、for48. A. to requireB. requiredC. requiringD.arerequired49. A. averageB. ordinaryC. nonnalD academic50. A. in thatB. for vvliichC. with whomD. such asIV. Reading Comprehension Section ADirections: Tliere are 4 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by 4 questions or unfinished statements

28、. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark vour answer on the Answer SheetQuestions 51 to 54 are based on ttie following passage:A scientist who does research in economic psychology and who wants to predict the way in which consumers

29、 will spend their money must study consumer behaMor. He must obtain data both on resources of consumers and on the motives that tend to encourage or discourage money spending.If an economist as asked wliich of three groups borrow most-jieople with rising incomes, stable incomes, or declining incoine

30、s-he would probably answer: those with declining incomes. Actually, in the years 1947-1950, the answer was: people with rising incomes. People with declining incomes were next and people with stable incomes borrowed the least Tills shows us that traditional assumptions about earning and spending are

31、 not always reliable- Another traditional assumption is that if people who have money expect prices to go up, they will hasten to buy. If they expect prices to go down, ttiey will postpone buying. But research surveys have shown that tills is not always true. The expectations of price increase may n

32、ot stimulate buying. One typical attitude was expressed by the wife of a mechanic in an inteniew at a time of rising prices. f,In a few months J she said J'we'll have to pay more for meat and milk; we'll have less to spend on other thin啰Her family had been planning to buy a new car but t

33、hey postponed this purchase- Furthennore, the rise in prices that has already taken place inay be resented and buyer's resistance inay be evoked.The investigations inentioned above were carried out in America. Investigations conducted at the same time in Great Britain, however, yielded results t

34、liat were more in agreement witti traditional assumptions about saving and spending patterns. The conditioii most conductive to spending appears to be price stability . If prices have been stable and people consider that they are reasonable, they are likely to buy. Thus, it appears that the conunon

35、business policy Of maintaining stable prices is based on a correct understanding of consumer psychology. 51. If a scientist wants to study consumer behavior, what must he do?A. He must predict tlie way in which consumers will spend their money.B. He must do scientific research.C. He must know backgr

36、ound of customers.D. He must do research and leani the resources and motives of customers.52. Which of the following groups borrow money most according to traditional assumption?A. People with rising incomes.B. People with stable incomes.C. People with declining Incomes.D. None of the above53. Which

37、 of the following statements is NOT true according to tlie passage?A. Traditional assiunptions about earning and spending are not always reliable.B. The condition that most helps to produce spending appears to be price rising.C. Maintaining stable prices is a common business policy.D. The results of

38、 the investigation in America were not the same as those in Great Britain. 54. The research survey In America have showed that when the prices rise,A> people will hasten to buyE. people will stop buyingF. people will postpone their purchaseG. people will buy more than they can useQuestions 55 to

39、58 are based on ttie following passage:Tlie railroad industrj could not have grown as large as it did without steel. The first rails were made of iron. But iron rails were not strong enough to support heavy trains miming at high speeds. Railroad executives wanted to replace them with steel rails bec

40、ause steel was ten or fifteen times stronger and lasted twenty times longer. Before the 1870fs, however, steel was too expensive to be widely used. It was made by a slow and expensive process of heating, stirring aixl reheating iron ore.Tlien ttie inventor Henrj Bessemer discovered that directing a

41、blast of air at melted iron in a furnace would bum out the impurities that made the iron brittle. As ttie air shot through the furnace, the bubbling inetal would erupt in showers of sparks. When the fire cooled, tlie metal had been changed, or converted to steel. The Bessemer converter made possible

42、 the mass production of steel. Now tliree to five tons of iron could be changed into steel ill a matter of minutes.Just when the demand for more and more steel developed, prospectors discovered huge new deposits of iron ore in ttie Mesabi Range, a 120 long region in Minnesota near Lake Superior. The

43、 Mesabi deposits were so near the surface that they could be mined with steam shovels.Barges and steamers carried the iron ore through Lake Superior to depots on the southern shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Erie. With dizzying speed Gary, Indiana, and Toledo, Youngstown, and Cleveland, Ohio, became

44、 major steel manufacturing centers. Pittsburgh was the greatest steel dty of all.Steel was the basic building material of the industrial age. Production skyrocketed from seventv-seven-thousand tons in 1870 to over eleven million tons in 1900.55, According to the passage, the railroad industry prefer

45、red steel to iron because steel was 一A. cheaper and more plentiful B. lighter and easier to moldC. cleaner and easier to mine D. stronger and more durable56. According to tlie passage, how did Bessemer method inake the inass production of steel possible?A. It directed air at melted iron in a furnace

46、, removing all impurities.B. It slowly heated iron ore then sttrred it and heated it again.C. It changed Iron ore into iron which was a substitute fbr steel.D. It could quickly find deposits of iron ore under the ground. 57. According to tlie passage, where were large deposits of iron uncovered?A. I

47、n Pittsburgh.B. In tiie Mesabi Range.C. Near Lake Michigan.D. Near Lake Erie.58. It can be inferred from the passage that tlie inass production of steel caused 一A. a decline in the railroad industnrB. a revolution in the industrial worldC. an increase in tlie price of steelD. a feeling of discontent

48、 among steel workersQuestions 59 to 62 are based on tlie following passage:The English have the reputation of being venr different from all other nationalities. It is claimed that living on an island separated from the rest of Europe has much to do with it Whatever the reasons, it may be fairly stat

49、ed that the Englishman has developed some attitudes and habits distinguishing him from other nationalities.Broadly speaking, the Englisluiian is a quiet, shy, resen ed person among people he knows well. Before strangers he often seems inhibited, even embarrassed. You have only to witness a railway c

50、ompartment any morning or evening to see the tnith. Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or dozing (flM) in a coiner; no one speaks. An English wit once suggested to overseas visitors, “On entering a railway compartment shake hands with all the passengers." Needles

51、s to say, he was not being serious. There is an unwritten but cleariy understood code of behavior, which, if broken, makes the person immediately the object of suspicioiLIt is well known that tlie English seldom show openly extremes of enthusiasm, emotion etc. Of course, ail Englislunan feds no less

52、 than any ottier nationality. Imagine a man commenting on the great beauty of a young girl. A man of more emotional temperament might describe her as Ha marvelous Jewel* while ttie Englishman will flatly state "Um, she's all right". An Englislunan may recoimnend a highly successful and

53、 enjoyable film to friends by commenting, nIt's not bad/1 The overseas visitors must not be disappointed by this apparent lack of interest; he must realize that "all right", “not bad” are very often used with the sense of "first class*1,f,excellentTills special use of language is

54、particularly conunon in English.59. One explanation fbr the different character of English people is thatA. they are geographically isolated from the European continentB. they have nothing to do with tlie other EuropeansC. they like to keep quiet among their acquaintancesD- thev tend to be resen ed

55、bv nature60. According to the passage, on entering a railway compartment, an overseas visitor is expected toA. inquire about the code of behavior in the trainB. shake hands with all ttie passengersC. shake hands with the person he knowsD. behave like an Englishman61. The English way of conunentiiig

56、on something or somebody suggests thatA. the English are modest in most circumstancesB. the English feel no less than any other nationalityC. the English tend to display less emotion than they feelD. the English don't take a strong hiterest in making comment 62. What does ttie passage mainly dis

57、cuss?A. The differences between the Englisli and the other EuropeansB. The different character of the English inan and its reason.C. The reasons for English people's shyness.D. The code of behavior of the nationalities in Europe.Questions 63 to 66 are based on ttie following passage:James Joyce

58、was an Irish novelist who revolutionized the methods of depicting characters and developing a plot in modem fiction. His astonishing way of constructing a novel, his frank portrayal of huinan nature in his books, and Ills complete command of English have inade Iiini one of the outstanding influences on literature in the 20th Century; Many critics judge that he is second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of the English language. Joyce was deeply influenced bv Ireland and wrote all Ills books about Dublin.W