职称英语考试2003年理工类B级考试试题

第一部分：词汇选项（第1-15题，每题1分，共15分）
 下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语画有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择1个与画线部分意义最相近的词或短语。答案一律涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

1. The high-speed trains can have a major impact on travel preferences.
A force   B influence
C surprise   D power

2. Can you follow the plot?
A change   B investigate
C write   D understand

3. Even in a highly modernized country, manual work is still needed.
A physical   B mental
C natural   D hard

4. In the latter case the outcome can be serious indeed.
A result   B judgment
C decision   D event

5. Norman Blamey is an artist of deep convictions.
A statements  B beliefs
C suggestions  D claims

6. Up to now, the work has been easy.
A So    B So long
C So that   D So far

7. The report advocated setting up day training colleges.
A supposed   B excited
C suggested   D discussed

8. Accordingly, a number of other methods have been employed.
A Therefore   B Afterwards
C However   D Furthermore

9. The outlook from the top of the mountain is breathtaking.
A view    B sight
C look    D point

10. Our lives are intimately bound up with theirs.
A tensely   B nearly
C carefully   D closely

11. The union representative put across her argument very effectively.
A explained   B invented
C considered  D accepted

12. He talks tough but has a tender heart.
A heavy   B strong
C kind    D wild

13. It is no use debating the relative merits of this policy.
A making   B taking
C discussing  D expecting

14. Our statistics show that we consume all that we are capable of producing.
A waste   B buy
C use    D sell

15. The fuel tanks had a capacity of 140 liters.
A function   B ability
C power   D volume

第2部分：阅读判断（第16-22题，每题1分，共7分）
 阅读下面这篇短文，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，请在答题卡上把A涂黑；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请在答题卡上把B涂黑；如果该句的信息文章中没有提及，请在答题卡上把C涂黑。

The Threat to Kiribati
 The people of Kiribati are afraid that one day in the not-too-distant future, their country will disappear from the face of the earth- literally. Several times this year, the Pacific island nation has been flooded by a sudden high tide. These tides, which swept across the island and destroyed houses, came when there was neither wind nor rain. "This never happened before," say the older citizens of Kiribati.
 What is causing these mysterious high tides? The answer may well be global warming. When fuels like oil and coal are being burned, pollutants (污染物)are released; these pollutants trap heat in the earth’s atmosphere. Warmer temperatures cause water to expand and also create more water by melting glaciers (冰川 )and polar (极地的) ice caps.
 If the trend continues, scientists say, many countries will suffer, Bangladesh, for example, might lose one-fifth of its land. The coral (珊瑚) island nations of the Pacific, like Kiribati and the Marshall Islands, however, would face an even worse fate - they would be swallowed by the sea. The loss of these coral islands would be everyone’s loss. Coral formations are home to more species than any other place on earth.
 The people of these nations feel frustrated. The sea, on which their economies have always been based, is suddenly threatening their existence. They don’t have the money for expensive technological solutions like seawalls. And they have no control over the pollutants, which are being released mainly by activities in large industrialized countries. All they can do is to hope that industrialized countries will take steps to reduce pollution.

16. The people of Kiribati worry that one day their country will be taken away by a sudden high tide.
A Right  B Wrong  C Not mentioned

17. High tides used to attack Kiribati when there was strong wind or heavy rain.
A Right  B Wrong  C Not mentioned

18. The heat released by burning oil and coal is the direct cause of global warming.
A Right  B Wrong  C Not mentioned

19. Scientists are not sure how serious the effects of global warming will be.
A Right  B Wrong  C Not mentioned

20. The coral island nations of the Pacific have a long history of civilization.
A Right  B Wrong  C Not mentioned

21. The people of the coral island nations are unable to do anything substantial about the problem of global warming.
A Right  B Wrong  C Not mentioned

22. Some industrialized countries are unwilling to spend money in reducing pollution.
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）
 阅读下面这篇短文，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2、3、5和6段每段选择1个正确的小标题；（2）第27-30题要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

Robots
1 The most sophisticated(先进的)Japanese robots, which have vision systems and work at very high speeds, are still based on American designs. Studies of robots, particularly computer control software, are considered to be generally less advanced in Japan than in America or Europe.

2 Although industrial robots were originally developed as devices for simply handling objects, today their commonest uses are for more skilled work like welding (焊接), spray-painting and assembling components.

3 In Britain, robot sales appropriately peaked in 1984, but have been declining ever since. This is partly because British wage rates are too low to make robots financially attractive and partly because engineers now have more experience with robots and are more aware of the difficulties of introducing them effectively.

4 It has been calculated that a robot uses on average about 100 times more energy than a human to do an equivalent job.

5 It is estimated that 20% of all comic book heroes in Japan are robots. This is an enormous number because comics are so popular that they make up a third of all material published in Japan.

6 The reliability of robots is measured in their M.T.B.F. or mean time between failures. This has risen from about 250 hours in the mid-1970s to about 10,000 hours today (equivalent to working 18 hours a day for two years.) One way robot manufacturers have increased reliability is to test every single component they buy, instead of the normal procedure of just testing a small sample.

7 The biggest single benefit of introducing robots claimed by Japanese companies is that they increase quality control. Once programmed, the robots can work more accurately and consistently than humans, who can get tired and bored.

23. Paragraph 2 _____________
24. Paragraph 3 _____________
25. Paragraph 5 _____________
26. Paragraph 6 _____________
27. Even the most sophisticated Japanese robots are __________.
28. Robots are less popular in Britain today partly because ________.
29. One disadvantage of using robots is that they consume ___________.
30. The use of robots increases ___________.

A  too much energy
B  based on American designs
C  they are too costly
D  they are not reliable
E  quality control
F  free of charge

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，每道题后面有4个选项。请根据文章的内容，从每题所给的4个选项中选择1个最佳答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

第一篇 New Foods and the New World
In the last 500 years, nothing about people - not their clothes, ideas, or languages - has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the coca tree (和谐树)by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500’s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London, shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today.
The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the "Potato Famine(饥荒)" of 1845-1846, and thousands more were forced to leave their homeland and move to America.
There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the world’s largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia, a country in Africa. It was first made into a drink by Arab during the 1400’s.
According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a person name Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush. He tried one and experienced the "wide-awake" feeling that one-third of the world’s population now starts the day with.

31. According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years?
A. Food
B. Clothing
C. Ideology.
D. Language.

32. "Some" in the last sentence of the first paragraph refers to 
A. some cocoa trees.
B. some chocolate drinks.
C. some shops.
D. some south american indians.

33. Thousands of Irish people starved during the "Potato Famine" because
A. they were so dependent on potatoes that they refused to eat anything else.
B. they were forced to leave their homeland and move to america.
C. the weather conditions in ireland were not suitable for growing potatoes.
D. the potato harvest was bad.

34. Which country is the largest coffee producer?
A. Brazil.
B. Colombia.
C. Ethiopia.
D. Egypt.

35. Which of the following statements is NOT true, according to the passage?