职称英语考试2004年理工类B级考试试题

at last．human beings show signs of dying out，no other creature will extend a paw(爪)to
postpone our departure．On the contrary, we will be hurried out．
  Life seems to have grown too tough for black robins．I leave you to judge whether we
should try to do anything about it．
A  Some creatures，certain small animals，insects and birds，will almost certainly outlast
  (比……长久)man，for they seem even more adaptable．
B Those that fail to meet the challenges will disappear early．
C Detailed studies are going on，and a public appeal for money has been made．
D Both represent orders in the classification of life
E Is it any business of ours whether the black robin survives or dies out?
F These are the only black robins left in the world
第6部分：完形填空  (第51~65题，每题1分，共15分)   
    阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从
4个选项中选择1个最佳答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
Unpopular Subjects?
Is there a place in today’s society for the study of useless subjects in our universities? Just
over 100 years ago Fitzgerald argued in a well-written letter        (51)Nature that
“Universities must be allowed to study useless subjects-         (52)they don’t，who
will?，，He went 0n to use the           (53)of Maxwell’s electrodynamics_(电动力学)as one
case where a“useless subject” has been transformed to a useful subject．
Nowadays this argument is again very much         (54)in many universities．Indeed
one suspects that it is one of those arguments that must be          (55)anew(重新)by
each generation．But now there is an added twist  ~)--subjects must not only be useful，they
must also be         (56)enough that students will flock(蜂拥)to d0 them，and even flock
to pay to do them．
As universities become commercial operations，the pressure to——(57)subjects or
departments that are less popular will become stronger and stronger, Perhaps this is most
strongly——(58)at the moment by physics．There has been much——(59)in
the press of universities that are closing down physics departments and incorporate them with
mathematics or engineering departments．
Many scientists think otherwise．They see physics as a——(60)science，which
must be kept alive if only to          (61)a base for other sciences and engineering．It is of
their great personal concern that physics teaching and research is under         (62)in
many universities．How Can it be preserved in the rush towards commercial competition? A
major turnaround(转变)in student popularity may have to——(63)until the industrial
world discovers that it needs physicists and starts paying them well．
  Physics is now not only unpopular；it is also“hard”．We can do more about the latter                                        by              (64)teaching in our schools and universities．We can also             (65)
cooperative arrangements to ensure that physicists keep their research and teaching up to date
51 about          B of                C to                     D on
52 if             B as                C because                 D since
53 question       B example           C design                   D  device
54 powerful       B terrible            C difficult                 D active
55 fought         B weighted           C respected                D selected
56 clear          B popular            C indefinite                D available
57 choose         B strengthen         C eliminate                D identify
58 recommended   B opposed           C suspected                D felt
59 discussion      B fancy             C evidence                 D influence
60 precise         B noble             C new                    D fundamental
61 install         B provide            C reach                   D cover
62 agreement      B construction       C threat                    D consideration
63 wait           B move             C progress                 D increase
64 running        B improving         C learning                  D dropping
65 fix            B modify           C review                    D develop
2004年职称英语等级考试
理工类（B）答案
满分100分，其中：
l一15每题1分：
16—30每题1分；
31—45每题3分0
46—50每题2分：
51—65每题1分。
1．D  2.C   3.B    4.A     5.B       6.B       7.A      8.B      9.B         10.C
11.A   12.B    13.A  14．C    15．D   16．B    17．A    18．B    19．B    20．C    21．A    22．C    23．F    24.B    25.E    26.C      27.D    28.E     29.C    30.A
31．B    32．D  33．A  34．C    35．D      36．A    37．C    38．D    39．B    40．C
41．A  42．B    43．C    44．D  45．D   46．F    47．C    48．E    49．B    50．A
51．C  52.A    53.B    54.D    55.A     56.B    57.C     58.D    59.A     60.D 
61.D     62.C   63.A     64.B65．D

2004年职称英语等级考试
理工类(B级)题解
第1部分：词汇选项
1．．答案为D。“lately’和“r‘recently”都有“最近”的意思。
2．  答案为C。“while”在这个句子中引起的是一个让步从句，所起的作用是跟“although”
    一样的。
3．  答案为B。“enormous”和“large”都是“巨大的”，在这里两者可以互换。
4．  答案为A。’“annually”就是“every year”的意思。    ’
5．’答案为B。“details”是“细节”的意思。“particulars”也是“细节”的意思。
6．  答案为B。take…into consideration与take…into account这两个短语意思相同，故选
    B。
7．  答案为A。limited：数量有限的，a limited number of books：有限的一些书籍。这里limited
    number与small number意思相同，故选A。
8．  答案为B。propose与suggest都是“提议，建议”的意思，这里可以互换，故选B。
9．  答案为B。blended与mixed都有“把……混合起来”的意思，此处可互换，故选B。
10．答案为C。：modify的意思是“修改”，与change意思相同，故选C。modify的意思是
    “改动，修改”，故和change同义，clarify的意思是“澄清”，define是“界定”的意