职称英语（综合类）模拟试题（四）

　　一、单项选择题。

　　1.词汇选项

　　John is collaborating with Mary in writing a book.

　　A） cooperating

　　B） merging

　　C） combining

　　D） associating

　　2.I can no longer tolerate his actions.

　　A） put up with

　　B） accept

　　C） take

　　D） suffer from

　　3.Mary lost control of her car and collided with a tree.

　　A） came across

　　B） ran into

　　C） met

　　D） knocked

　　4.Mary was compelled to take in washing to help support her family.

　　A） pleaded

　　B） appealed

　　C） forced

　　D）instructed

　　5.The child couldn't comprehend the advanced textbook.

　　A） interpret

　　B） read

　　C） understand

　　D） translate

　　6.You must shine your shoes.

　　A） lighten

　　B） clean

　　C） wash

　　D） polish

　　7.What were the effects of the decision she made?

　　A） reasons

　　B） results

　　C） causes

　　D） bases

　　8.First editions of certain popular books cannot be obtained for love or money.

　　A） at any place

　　B） at any price

　　C） in any language

　　D） in any country

　　9.In a bullfight, it is movement, not the color, of subjects that arouses the bull.

　　A） confuses

　　B） excites

　　C） scares

　　D） diverts

　　10.The workers finally called off the strike.

　　A） put off

　　B） ended

　　C） cancelled

　　D） participated in

　　11.The firemen acted quickly because lives were at stake.

　　A） in danger

　　B） in despair

　　C） out of condition

　　D） out of danger

　　12.Helen will leave immediately.

　　A） far away

　　B） right away

　　C） right here

　　D） soon

　　13.We shall take the treasure away to a safe place.

　　A） clean

　　B） pretty

　　C） distant

　　D） secure

　　14.An important part of the national government is the Foreign Service, a branch of their specialized branches.

　　A） a unity

　　B） a division

　　C） an embassy

　　D） an invasion

　　15.A beautiful woman attended to me in that store yesterday.

　　A） waited on

　　B） talked to

　　C） spoke to

　　D） stayed with

　　二、综合题。

　　1.阅读判断

　　The First settlement in North America

　　It is very difficult to say just when colonization began. The first hundred years after Christopher Columbuss journey of discovery in 1492 did not produce any settlement on the North America continent but rather some Spanish trading posts further south, a great interest in gold and adventure, and some colorful crimes in which the English had their part. John Cabot, originally from Genoa but a citizen of Venice, was established as a trader in Bristol, England, when he made a journey in 1497. But his ship, the Matthew, with its crew of eighteen, did no more than see an island （probably off the New England coast） and return home. He and his son made further voyages across the north Atlantic which enabled the English crown to claim a "legal" title to North America. But for a long time afterwards the Europeans interest in America was mainly confined to the Spanish activities further south.

　　The first beginning of permanent settlement in North America were nearly a hundred years after Columbuss first voyage. The Englishman Sir Walter Raleigh claimed the whole of North America for England, calling it Virginia. In 1585 he sent a small group of people who landed in Roanoke Island, but they stayed only for a year and then went back to England with another expedition, led by Drake, in 1587. A second group who landed in 1587 had all disappeared when a further expedition arrived in 1590.

　　The first permanent settlement in North America was in 1607. English capitalists founded two Virginia companies, a southern one based in London and a northern one based in Bristol. It was decided to give the name New England to the northern area. The first settlers in Virginia were little more than wage slaves to the company. All were men and the experiment was not very successful. Many died. Those who survived lived in miserable conditions. By 1610 the colony had only a thousand people.

　　16. We know for sure that colonization began at the end of the 15th century.

　　A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

　　17. Among the early settlers in South America in the 16th century were Spanish traders.

　　A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

　　18. With John Cabots arrival at an island off the New England coast in 1497, the British Crown claimed to be the legal owner of North America.

　　A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

　　19. There were eighteen people on board the Matthew during its voyage to North America in 1497.

　　A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

　　20. The first attempt made by European people to settle down permanently in North America occurred in the 1580s.

　　A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

　　21. The name Virginia was given to North America by Sir Walter Raleigh.

　　A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

　　22. The name New England was given to the northern area of North America by the boss of one of the two Virginia companies.

　　A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

　　2.概括大意与完成句子

　　How to Argue with your Boss

　　1. Before you argue with your boss, check with the bosss secretary to determine his mood. If he ate nails for breakfast, it is not a good idea to ask him for something. Even without the boss's secretary, there are keys to timing: don't approach the boss when he's on deadline; don't go in right before lunch, when he is apt to be distracted and rushed; don't go in just before or after he has taken a vacation.

　　2. If you're mad, that will only make your boss mad. Calm down first. And don't let a particular concern open the floodgates for all your accumulated frustration. The boss will feel that you think negatively about the company and it is hopeless trying to change your mind. Then, maybe he will dismiss you.

　　3. Terrible disputes can result when neither the employer nor the employee knows what is the problem the other wants to discuss. Sometimes the fight will go away when the issues are made clear. The employee has to get his point across clearly in order to make the boss understand it.

　　4. Your boss has enough on his mind without your adding more. If you can't put forward an immediate solution, at least suggest how to approach the problem. People who frequently present problems without solutions to their bosses may soon find they can't get past the secretary.

　　5. To deal effectively with a boss, it's important to consider his goals and pressures. If you can put yourself in the position of being a partner to the boss, then he will be naturally more inclined to work you to achieve your goals.

　　23. Paragraph 2________

　　24. Paragraph 3________

　　25. Paragraph 4________

　　26. Paragraph 5________

　　A. Keep Your voice Low All the Time

　　B. Put Yourself in the Bosss Position

　　C. Propose Your Solution

　　D. Dont Go in When You are Angry

　　E. Make the Issue Clear

　　F. Never Give in

　　27. If you want to ask the boss for anything, it is important to find out first________.

　　28. It is necessary to make clear to the boss____________

　　29. It is not wise to present the boss with a problem___________

　　30. You must be considerate and think of the troubles__________

　　A. to give the boss your advice

　　B. how he is feeling

　　C. the boss may have

　　D. what you really want to talk to him about

　　E. without suggesting a way to solve it

　　F. how unhappy you are

　　3.阅读理解 第一篇

　　Knitting

　　My mother knew how to knit, but she never taught me. She assumed, as did many women of her generation, that knitting was no longer a skill worth passing down from mother to daughter. A combination of feminism, consumerism and household gadgetry made many women feel that such homely accomplishments were no obsolete. My grandmother still knitted, though, and every Christmas she made a pair of socks for my brother and me, of red wool. They were the ones we wore under our ice skates, when it was really important to have warm feet.

　　Knitting is a nervous habit that happens to be productive. It helped me quit smoking by giving my hands something else to do. It is wonderful for depression because no matter what else happens, you are creating something beautiful. Time spent in front of the television or just sitting is no longer time wasted.

　　I love breathing life into the patterns. Its true magic, finding a neglected, dog-eared old book with the perfect snowflake design, buying the same Germantown knitting worsted my grandmother used, in the exact blue to match my daughters eyes, taking it on the train with me every day for two months, working feverishly to get it done by Christmas, staying up late after the stocking are filled to sew in the sleeves and weave in the ends.

　　Knitting has taught me patience. I know that if I just keep going, even if it takes months, there will be a reward. When I make a mistake, I know that a temper tantrum will not fix it, that I just have to go back and take out the stitches between and start over again.

　　People often ask if I would do it for money, and the answer is always a definite no. In the first place, you could not pay me though for the hours I put into a sweater. But more important, this is an activity I keep separate from such considerations. I knit to cover my children and other people I love in warmth and color. I knit to give them something earthly that money could never buy.

　　Knitting gives me life an alternative rhythm to the daily deadline. By day I can write about Northern Ireland or the New York City Police Department and get paid for it, but on the train home, surrounded by people with laptops, I stage my little rebellion. I take out my old knitting bag and join the centuries of women who have knitted for love.

　　31. Which of the following reasons does NOT explain the fact that "Knitting was no longer a skill worth passing down from mother to daughter"?