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职称英语等级考试理工类A级试题
第1部分：词汇选项（第1～15题，每题1分，共15分）
　　下面每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有横线，请为每处划线部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。
1　Why can't you stop your eternal complaining?
A　long
B　everlasting
C　temporary
D　boring
2　Hundreds of buildings were wrecked by the earthquake.
A　damaged
B　shaken
C　fallen
D　jumped
3　These paintings are considered by many to be authentic.
A　faithful
B　royal
C　sincere
D　genuine
4　Many economists have given in to the fatal lure of mathematics.
A　simplicity
B　attraction
C　power
D　rigor
5　Ten years after the event, her death still remains a puzzle.
A　mist
B　fog
C　secret
D　mystery
6　John was irritated by the necessity for polite conversation,
A　troubled
B　annoyed
C　threatened
D　aroused
7　Academic records cannot be duplicated.
A　borrowed
B　purchased
C　copied
D　rewritten
8　The emphasis on the importance of education has spurred scientific research
A　encouraged
B　fastened
C　raised
D　initiated
9　We have ample money for the journey
A　some
B　little
C　enough
D　extra
10 The doctor's pills worked marvels for me.
A　miracles
B　patients
C　illness
D　recovery
11 Mary's perpetual moaning nearly drove me mad.
A　endless
B　monotonous
C　serious
D　bitter
12 It was hard to say why the man deserved such shabby treatment
A　old
B　unforgettable
C　unfair
D　funny
13 You didn't adhere to these principles.
A　order
B　follow
C　prove
D　handle
14 The farmers also want to use the water to irrigate the barren land.
A　empty
B　hairless
C　smooth
D　bare
15 Anyone who wants to apply for a loan need read the following specifications.
A　expressions
B　warnings
C　advertisements
D　instructions
第2部分：阅读判断（第16～22题，每题1分，共7分）
　　下面的短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择A；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择C。
Water-the Issue of This Century
　　The world is running short of fresh water. Populations are growing bigger and Thirstier（渴的), with the result that freshwater is becoming increasingly scarce (缺乏). Half the world's wetlands have disappeared during the last century, while estimates suggest that water use will rise by 50% in the next 30 years.
　　The World Bank report estimates that as much as half of the world's population, concentrated in Africa, the Middle East and south Asia, will face 'severe water shortages' by 2025. Local water conflicts and the loss of freshwater ecosystems appear large in some regions.
　　A similar picture emerges from the globe's salt water regions. Three-quarters of the world's people may live within 100km of the sea in 2025, putting even more pressure on stretched coastal ecosystems. Two thirds of fisheries (渔业) are exploited at or beyond their sustainable limits, and half the world's coral reefs (珊瑚礁) may perish in 100 years. Almost 60% of coral reefs and 34% of fish species are at risk from human activities, the Bank says.
　　The report concludes that there is ample evidence to justify immediate and coordinated action to safeguard supplies and use water more efficiently.
　　Fresh water consumption is rising quickly, and the availability of water in some regions is likely to become one of the most pressing issues of the 21st century.
　　A third of the world's population - around two billion people - live in countries that are experiencing moderate to high water shortages. That proportion could rise to half or more in the next 30 years unless institutions (制度) change to ensure better conservation and allocation of water.
　　China is one country where the portents (征兆) are gloomy. The most water-stressed country in East Asia, China is exploiting 44% of its usable water, a figure projected to rise to 60% by 2020. Primary withdrawal of water of more than 60% is widely considered by water experts to exceed the environmental carrying capacity of a river basin system. Although China's total use appears still to be reasonable, it has several basins that are severely stressed environmentally.
　　Withdrawals exceed environmental limits in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and will exceed them in India by 2020. In the Middle East and North Africa, only Morocco has unexploited water resources. The rest have exceeded environmental limits and many are mining aquifers (蓄水层) - bodies of water-bearing rock - the report says.
16　It is estimated that water use will rise by 50% in the next 30 years.
　　A　Right　　B　Wrong　　C　Not mentioned
17　Most developed countries will face water shortages in 20 years.
　　A　Right　　B　Wrong　　C　Not mentioned
18　Most of the world's population may live within 100km of the sea in 2025.
　　A　Right　　B　Wrong　　C　Not mentioned
19　Almost all coral reefs may disappear in 100 years.
　　A　Right　　B　Wrong　　C　Not mentioned
20　Some species of fish in the Atlantic are at dangerously low levels.
　　A　Right　　B　Wrong　　C　Not mentioned
21　The World Bank report implies that urgent action should be taken to protect water supplies.
　　A　Right　　B　Wrong　　C　Not mentioned
22　India exceeds environmental limits for water use.
　　A　Right　　B　Wrong　　C　Not mentioned
第3部分：概括大意与完成句子（第23～30题，每题1分，共8分）
　　下面的短文后有2项测试任务：（1）第23～26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第1～4段每段1选择个最佳标题；（2）第27～30题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定1个最佳选项。
Chimpanzees
1　　Chimpanzees (黑猩猩) will soon be extinct (灭绝). If the present rate of hunting and habitat (栖息地) destruction continues, then within 20 years, there will be no chimpanzees living in the wild. But this is more than an environmental or moral tragedy (悲剧). Chimpanzee extinction may also have profound implications (含意) for the survival of their distant relatives - human beings.
2　　In 1975 the biologist Marie-Claire King and Allan Wilson discovered that the human and chimpanzee genomes (基因组) match by over 98%. Compare this to the mouse, used as model for human disease in lab tests, which shares only 60% of its DNA with us. In fact, chimpanzees are far more similar to humans than they are to any other species of monkey. As well as resembling us genetically, chimps are highly intelligent and able to use tools. These facts alone should be enough to make protection of chimps an urgent priority (优先). But there is another, more selfish reason to preserve the chimp.
3　　The chimpanzees' trump card (王牌) comes in the field of medical research. Chimpanzees are so similar to humans that veterinarians (兽医) often refer to human medical textbooks when treating them. Yet chimpanzees do show differences in several key areas. In particular, chimps are much more resistant to a number of major diseases. It is this ability that is so interesting.
4　　For example, chimps seem to show a much higher resistance than humans to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Indeed, their use as experimental animals in AIDS research has declined because they are so resistant.
5　　By sequencing the chimp genome and pinpointing (找到) the place where the chimpanzee DNA sequence differs from that of humans, scientists hope to be able to discover which part of the genetic code gives chimps their increased resistance to some diseases. This, they hope, will allow them to develop new and more effective treatments for the human forms of these diseases. Such treatments could include the production of new drugs or even the alteration (改变) of the human genetic sequence. The recently completed human genome sequencing project has shown that such an effort is now well within our reach.
23　Paragraph 1___________.
24　Paragraph 2___________.
25　Paragraph 3___________.
26　Paragraph 4___________.
A　Genetic differences between chimps and" humans
B　Reasons for HIV resistance
C　Implications of chimpanzee extinction for humans
D　Effective AIDS treatment
E　Genetic similarities between chimps and humans
F　Chimps' resistance to HIV
27　Chimpanzee extinction may affect___________　　　　　
28　There is a difference of less than 2% between the chimp and___________　　　　　
29　Scientists suspect that genes play a significant role in protecting chimps from getting___________　　　　　
30　The discovery of the genetic code of chimps will be helpful to___________　　　　　
A　healthier lifestyle
B　some human disease treatments
C　some diseases
D　human survival
E　human genomes
F　key areas
第4部分：阅读理解（第31～45题，每题3分，共45分）
下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。
第一篇
Youth Emancipation in Spain
　　The Spanish Government is so worried about the number of young adults still living with their parents that it has decided to help them leave the nest.
Around 55 percent of people aged 18-34 in Spain still sleep in their parents' homes, says the latest report from the country's state-run Institute of Youth.
To coax (劝诱) young people from their homes, the Institute started a "Youth Emancipation (解放)" program this month. The program offers guidance in finding rooms and jobs.
　　Economists blame young people's family dependence on the precarious (不稳定的) labor market and increasing housing prices. Housing prices have risen 17 percent a year since .
　　Cultural reasons also contribute to the problem, say sociologists (社会学家). Family ties in south Europe - Italy, Portugal and Greece - are stronger than those in middle and north Europe, said Spanish sociologist Almudena Moreno Minguez in her report "The Late Emancipation of Spanish Youth: Key for Understanding".
"In general, young people in Spain firmly believe in the family as the main body around which their private life is organized," said Minguez.
　　In Spain - especially in the countryside, it is not uncommon to find entire groups of aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews (外侄/侄子) all living on the same street. They regularly get together for Sunday dinner.
　　Parents' tolerance is another factor. Spanish parents accept late-night partying and are wary of setting bedtime rules.
　　"A child can arrive home at whatever time he wants. If parents complain he'll put up a fight and call the father a fascist," said Jose Antonio Gomez Yanez, a sociologist at Carlos III University in Madrid.
　　Mothers' willingness to do children's household chores (家务) worsens the problem. Dionisio Masso, a 60-year-old in Madrid, has three children in their 20s. The eldest, 28, has a girlfriend and a job. But life with mum is good.
　　"His mum does the wash and cooks for him: in the end. he lives well." Masso said.
31　The "Youth Emancipation" program aims at helping young people
A　live in an independent way.
B　fight for freedom.
C　fight against social injustice.
D　get rid of family responsibilities.
32　It can be inferred from paragraph 5 that family ties are stronger in Portugal than in
A　Greece.
B　Finland.
C　Spain.
D　Italy.
33　Young people's family dependence can be attributed to all the following factors EXCEPT
A　parents' tolerance.
B　housing problems.
C　unwillingness to get married.
D　cultural traditions.
34　Which of the following statements is ,NOT true of Dionisio Masso?
A　She has a boyfriend.
B　She is 60 years old.
C　She has　three children.
D　She lives in Madrid.
35　The phrase "wary of" in paragraph 8 could be best replaced by
A　tired of.
B　afraid of.
C　worried about.
D　cautious about.
第二篇
Listening to Birdsong
　　A male zebra finch (雀科鸣鸟) chirps (鸣) away to himself. Suddenly he notices a female bird nearby. He realizes he has an audience and immediately changes his song. Can the female tell the difference in his performance? According to a new study, the female zebra finch knows. And she prefers the special trills he creates when he sings to her. A male zebra finch changes his song when singing to a female in ways that people can barely detect. But the female finch can tell the difference.
　　Scientists had noticed slight variations in the songs of male zebra finches based on whether they were singing alone or whether there was a female (and potential mate) nearby. With an audience, the males sped up the pace of their songs and controlled the notes they used.
　　For this study, .researchers Sarah C. Woolley and Allison Doupe at the University of California, San Francisco decided to focus attention on the listening females, which have not been well studied in the past.
　　In the study, Woolley and Doupe set up a long cage with a sound speaker at each end. One broadcast the sound of a male zebra finch singing to himself, like someone singing in the shower. The other speaker broadcast a male performing for a female audience, as if he was giving a concert.
　　Female birds were placed between the two speakers. Some of the birds had mates, others didn't. The females shifted around a bit, and then most of them hopped over to sit beside just one speaker. All the birds that made a clear choice liked songs meant for a female audience, even if they'd never met the male.
　　Mated females also had a chance to listen to two different performance songs, one from an unknown male, and one from their mate. They spent more time listening to the concert version of their mates' songs, this suggests that after a while, females learn to recognize - and prefer - the songs of their mates.
　　Scientists then studied the brains of the females. They found certain areas of the brain perked up (活跃起来) when the birds listened to the concert songs. These brain areas may be involved in recognizing and evaluating the songs, and storing the memories of them.
　　This research deals with what's called directed communication, when the communicator, or sender, focuses the message for a specific audience. One example is the way morns speak to their babies. Mothers around the world use the same sort of high-pitched sing-song chatter (喋喋不休), and the babies respond best to those sounds. Songbirds are one of the only other species known to learn their communication, in this case their songs.
36　Which of the following is true about birdsongs?
A　Female zebra finches are too shy to sing before males.
B　Male zebra finches sing louder than females.
C　Male zebra finches change their songs to attract females.
D　Female zebra finches like to listen to unknown males sing
37　What did the researchers find in their study of female zebra finches?
A　Female finches liked songs male finches sang for them.
B　Female finches only liked songs male finches sang for their mates
C　Female finches liked to listen to songs from both speakers,
D　Female finches chose the best male singers as their mates.
38　What is meant by "concert songs" in paragraph 7?
A　Songs sung by zebra finches at a concert.
B　Songs sung by female finches for male finches
C　Songs sung by male finches to other finches.
D　Songs sung by male finches for female finches

39　The expression "directed communication" in the last paragraph means communication in which
A　the communicator sends messages to himself.
B　the message sender has a specific audience.
C　two communicators send messages to each other.
D　mothers talk to their babies in their mother tongue.
40　Which of the following can best reflect the theme of the passage?
A　Chirping away.
B　Zebra finches and their life.
C　Frequencies of birdsongs.
D　Birdsongs as communication.
第三篇
The Robot Man
　　According to Hans M