职称英语考试2005年综合类A级考试试题

第5部分：补全短文  (第46～50题，每题2分，共10分)
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组文字，将其分别放回文章原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
Read with Greater Speed
  Do you have difficulty reading in class?If so,a special reading program that helps match
sounds with letters could speed up your brain．
  At least one out of every five elementary school students in the US has trouble learning t0
read，even when the students are good at other subjects．____(46)
  Researchers from Yale University,US,studied a group of children from New York and
Connecticut State．As part of the study，37 struggling readers received special tutoring
  Every day,instructors worked with them on recognizing how written letters represent units
of sound called phonemes(音素)____(47)
  By the end of the school year，these children could read faster than before．They also made
fewer mistakes，and understood more of what they read than they could earlier in the year,
  As part of their study，the researchers used a special machine to take action photos of the
students’brains．
___(48)This is the same part of the brain that becomes active when good readers
read．This activated brain area appears to include a structure that helps people recognize familiar written words quickly．In lower level readers，this structure remains inactive．
  A year later,the brain structure was still working hard in the students who had gone through
the special tutoring，and they continued to do well in reading tests．___(49)
However，some researchers still doubt the study_____(50)
A  Many adults are interested in matching sounds with letters
B The students also practiced reading aloud and spelling
C The biggest challenge for many of these kids，scientists say,is matching sounds with letters．
D  Another group in the study who went through a more traditional reading program didn’t
    show the same progress．
E The pictures showed all increase in activity in the back of the brain on the left side
F They believe that reading without making any noise or linking words to sounds is more
    efficient．
第6部分：完形填空  (第51～65题，每题1分，共15分)
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4个选项中选择1个最佳答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
Mall ofFew Words
Everyone chases success，but not all of us want to be famous
 South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee is__(51)for keeping himself to himself
When the 63-year-old was named the 2003 Nobel Prize winner for literature earlier this month，
reporters were warned that they would find him“particularly difficult to___(52)”．
  Coetzee lives in Australia but spends part of the year teaching at the University of Chicago
He seemed___(53)by the news that he won the US$1 3 million prize
“It came as a complete surprise．1 wasn’t even aware they were due to make the announcement，he said．
His___(54)of privacy led to doubts as to whether Coetzee will attend
Pnize-giving in Stockholm，Sweden，on December 10.
But despite being described as____(55)to track down，the critics agree that his
Writing is easy to get to know
  Born in Cape Town，South Africa，to all English-speaking family，Coetzee___(56)his
breakthrough in 1980 with the novel“Waiting for the Barbarians(野蛮人)”He____(57)
his place among the world’s leading writers with two Booker prize victories，Britain’s highest
honour for novels He first_____(58)in l983forthe“Life and Times of Michael k”and his second title came in 1999 for“Disgrace”
  A major theme in his work is South Africa’s former apartheid(种族隔离)system，which
divided whites from blacks____(59)with the problems of violence，crime and racial
division that still exist in the country his books have enabled ordinary people to understand
apartheid____(60)within.
 
‘I have always been more interested in the past than the future，”he said in a rare interview．
‘The past___(61)its shadow over the present．I hope I have made one or two people think
——(62)about whether they want to forget the past completely．”
In fact this purity in his writing seems to be__(63)in his personal life．Coetzee is a
vegetarian，a cyclist rather than a motorist and doesn’t drink alcohol．
But what he has___(64)to literature，culture and the people of South Africa is far
greater than the things he has given up．“In looking at weakness and failure in life，”the Nobel
prize judging panel said，“Coetzee’s work____(65)the divine(神圣的)spark in man．”
51A looked after   B well known   C locked     D protected
52 A catch        B hold         C run into    D bump into 
53 A reported     B influenced     C distorted   D shocked
54 A like         B devotion      C love       D attraction 
55A difficult      B easy          C ready     D complex
56 A forced       B made         C caused    D did 
57 A gave        B listed         C tood      D arranged
58 A received     B obtained      C won       D had
59 A Dealing      B Handling     C Solving    D Removing
60 A in          B out           C of        D from 
61 A covers       B displays       C spreads   D casts
62 A once         B twice        C three times  D four times
63 A written      B hidden        C mirrored    D stricken
64 A contributed   B distributed     C attributed  D showed
65 A tell         B says           C informs   D expresses
2005年职称英语等级考试综合类(A级)答案
满分100分，其中
1—15每题1分；
16—30每题1分：
31--45每题3分：
46—50每题2分：
51--65每题1分。
1．A   2．C   3．C   4．D   5．B
6．A   7．A   8．B   9．D   10．B
11．D   12 A   13 C   14 B   15．A
16．A   17．A   18．C   19．C   20 B
21．B   22．C   23．C   24．D   25．A
26．B   27 D   28．C   29 B   30．E
31．D   32．A   33．C   34．B   35．D
36．A   37 B   38．C   39．D   40．A
41．C   42．D   43．B   44．A   45．C
46 C   47．B   48．E   49．D   50．F
51 B   52．A   53．D   54．C   55．A
56 B  57 C   58．C   59 A   60 D
61．D   62．B   63．C   64．A   65．D
 
2005年职称英语等级考试试题题解
    综合类(A级)题解
第1部分：词汇选项
    1  A  motive：动机。reason：理由。这两个词意思比较接近。There is no reason to
    doubt his word．没有理由不相信他的话。excuse：借口。answer和reply都有“回
    答”的意思。
  2  C  widen和broaden都有“拓宽”的意思。extend：延伸：延长。The builders
    extended the road for three more miles．筑路人把道路延长了三英里。stretch：延伸。
    The forests stretch for hundreds of miles森林绵延数百英里。bend：弯曲。
    3  c lure：吸引。attraction：吸引。这两个词意思相近。The attraction of this house
    lies in its simplicity．J~所房子的诱人之处在于它的简单。error：错误。puzzle：难
    题。contradiction：矛盾。
  4 D  immense和enormous都有“巨大的”意思。It was all enormous disappointment．
    此事太令人失望了。no是“没有”，little是“几乎没有”，  scarce是“不足的”。
  5  B  remedy：补救。improve：改进。这两个词意思相近。Herbal medicine can be used
    to improve our health．草药可用于增进我们的健康。maintain：保持。preserve：
    保护。protect：保护。
  6 A  collaborate：合作；勾结。cooperate：合作。  She has agreed to cooperate with
    the police in the investigation她同意在调查中跟警察合作。marry：结婚。combine：
    合并。argue：争论。
  7 A  consolidate：巩固。strengthen：巩固，加强。To strengthen his position in
    Parliament，he held talks with leaders of the Peasant Party．为了加强在国会中的地位，
    他跟农民党的领导人进行了会谈。win：赢得。abandon：放弃。unite：联合。
  8  B probe：探索。explore：探索。这两个词意思很相近。Both parties are exploring
    ways of settling the dispute双方都在寻求解决争端的办法。solve：解决。settle：解
    决。handle：处理。
  9 D  alleviate：减轻。lessen：减轻：变小。The medicine begins to take effect and
    Symptoms lessen药已经起作用，症状减轻了。remove：去掉；切除。cure：治疗。
    treat：处理。
    10 B deduce：推导。derive：推导。  Defensive behavior patterns derive from our