职称英语考试2003年理工类A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 union representative put across her argument very effectively. 
A  explained                    B  invented 
C    considered                D    accepted 

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

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

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

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

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

7.    Her faith upheld her in times of sadness. 
A    supported                    B    excited 
C    inspired                    D    directed 

8.    The book provides a concise analysis of the country’s history. 
A    clean                    B    perfect 
C    real                        D    brief 

9.    It is laid down in the regulations that all members must carry their membership cards at all times. 
A    suggested                    B    warned 
C    stated                    D    confirmed 

10.    The council meeting terminated at 2 o’clock. 
A    began                    B    continued 
C    ended                    D    resumed 

11.    Red flag was placed there as a token of danger. 
A    sign                        B    substitute 
C    proof                    D    target 

12.    However bad the situation is, the majority is unwilling to risk change. 
A    reluctant                    B    eager 
C    pleased                    D    angry 

13.    It has been said that the Acts provided a new course of action and did not merely regulate or enlarge an old one. 
A    limit                        B    control 
C    replace                    D    offset 

14.    The secretary is expected to explore ideas for post-war reconstruction of the area. 
A    deny                        B    investigate 
C    stress                    D    create 

15.    The steadily rising cost of labor on the waterfront has greatly increased the cost of shipping cargo by water. 
A    gradually                    B    suddenly 
C    excessively                D    exceptionally 

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。 

A Dolphin and an Astronomer 
One day in 1963, a dolphin named Elvar and a famous astronomer, Carl Sagan, were playing a little game. The astronomer was visiting an institute which was looking into the way dolphins communicate with each other. Sagan was standing on the edge of one of the tanks where several of these friendly, highly intelligent creatures were kept. Elvar had just swum up alongside him and had turned on his back. 
The dolphin wanted Sagan to scratch his stomach again, as the astronomer had done twice before. Elvar looked up at Sagan, waiting. Then, after a minute or so, the dolphin leapt up through the water and made a sound just like the word "more". The astonished astronomer went to the director of the institute and told him about the incident. ’Oh, yes. That’s one of the words he knows,’ the director said, showing no surprise at all. 
Dolphins have bigger brain in proportion to their body size than humans have, and it has been known for a long time that they can make a number of sounds. What is more, these sounds seem to have different functions, such as warning each other of danger. Sound travels much faster and much further in water than it does in air. That is why the parts of the brain that deal with sound are much better developed in dolphin than in humans. But can it be said that dolphins have a ’language’, in the real sense of the word? Scientists don’t agree on this. 
A language is not just a collection of sounds, or even words. A language has a structure and what we call a grammar. The structure and grammar of a language help to give it meaning. For example, the two questions "Who loves Mary?" and "Who does Mary love?" mean very different things. If you stop to think about it, you will see that this difference doesn’t come from the words in the question but from the difference in structure. That is why the question "Can dolphins speak?" can’t be answered until we find out if dolphins not only make sounds but also arrange them in a grammatical order which affects their meaning. 

16    The astronomer was not interested in the way dolphins communicate with each other. 
A    Right        B    Wrong        C    Not mentioned 

17    The dolphin leapt up into the air because Sagan was too near the water. 
A    Right        B    Wrong        C    Not mentioned 

18    Parts of the dolphin’s brain are particularly well developed to handle different kinds of sound.