职称英语（综合类）模拟试题（二）

　　B） Day care nurseries have positive effects on a child's development.

　　C） A child sent to a day care center before the age of three may have emotional problems in later life.

　　D） Baby care would not be so popular if it has noticeable negative effects on a child's s personality.

　　3．It is suggested that modern societies differ from traditional societies in that ______ .

　　A） the parents-child relationship is more exclusive in modern societies

　　B） a child more often grows up with his/her brothers or sisters in traditional societies

　　C） mother brings up children with the help of her husband in traditional societies

　　D） children in modern societies are more likely to develop mental illness in later years

　　4．Which of the following statements is NOT an argument against Bowlby's theory?

　　A） Many studies show that day care has a positive effect on children's development.

　　B） The fact that there are so many nursery schools today shows that day care is safe.

　　C） The separation of young children from their parents is common in some traditional societies.

　　D） Parents find the immediate effects of early day care difficult to deal with.

　　5. Which of the following best expresses the writer's attitude towards early day care?

　　A） Children under three should stay with their parents.

　　B） Early day care has positive effects on children's development.

　　C） The issue is controversial and its settlement calls for the use of statistics.

　　D） The effects of early day care on children are exaggerated and parents should ignore the issue.

　　6.补全短文

　　Why do people shrink?

　　Did you ever see the movie Honey, I shrunk the kids? It's about a wacky dad （who's also a scientist） who accidentally shrinks his kids with his homemade miniaturizing invention. Oops! ____1____.

　　For older people, shrinking isn't that dramatic or sudden at all. It takes place over years and may add up to only one inch or so off of their adult height （maybe a little more, maybe less）, and this kind of shrinking can't be magically reversed, although there are things that can be done to stop it or slow it down. ___2___.

　　There are a few reasons. As people get older, they generally lose some muscle and fat from their bodies as part of the natural aging process. Gravity （the force that keeps your feet on the ground） take hold, and the bones in the spine, called vertebrae, may break down or degenerate, and start to collapse into one another. ___3___. But perhaps the most common reason why some older people shrink is because of osteoporosis.

　　Osteoporosis occurs when too much spongy bone tissue （which is found inside of most bones） is broken down and not enough new bone material is made. ___4___. Bones become smaller and weaker and can easily break if someone with osteoporosis is injured. Older people — especially women, who generally have smaller and lighter bones to begin with — are more likely to develop osteoporosis. As years go by, a person with osteoporosis shrinks a little bit.

　　Did you know that every day you do a shrinking act? You aren't as tall at the end of the day as you are at the beginning. That's because as the day goes on, water in the disks of the spine gets compressed （squeezed） due to gravity, making you just a tiny bit shorter. Dont worry, though. ___5___.

　　A. They end up pressing closer together, which makes a person lose a little height and become shorter.

　　B. Once you get a good night's rest, your body recovers, and the next morning, youre standing tall again.

　　C. Over time, bone is said to be lost because it's not being replaced.

　　D. Luckily, there are things that people can do to prevent shrinking.

　　E. The kids spend the rest of the movie as tiny people who are barely visible while trying to get back to their normal size.

　　F. But why does shrinking happen at all?

　　7.完型填空

　　Something Men Do Not Like to Do

　　Eric Brown hates shopping.“It's just not enjoyable to me,”said the 28-year-old Chicago man who was carrying several shopping bags along the city's main street, Michigan Avenue. “When I'm out____1___，I basically know what 1 want to get. I rush in. I buy it. I___2___”

　　Common wisdom says that guys hate to shop. You can ask generations of men. But people who study shopping say that a number of social, cultural and economic factors are now___3___this“men-hate-to-shop”notion．

　　“___4___social class, ethnicity, age, men say they hate to shop,”says Sharon Zukin, a City University of New York sociology professor. “Yet when you ask them deeper questions, it turns out that they___5___to shop. Men generally like to shop for___6___, music and hardware. But if you ask them about the shopping they do for books or music, they'll say'Well that's not shopping. That's ___7___”

　　In other words, what men and women call“buying things”and how they approach that task are ___8____

　　Women will___ 9___ through several 1,000-square-metre stores in search of the perfect party dress. Men will wander through 100 Internet sites in search of the ___l0___digital camcorder.

　　Women see shopping as a social event. Men see it as a mission or a___11___to be won.

　　“Men are frequently shopping to win,”says Mary Ann McGrath, a marketing professor at Loyola University of Chicago. “They want to get the best deal. They want to get the best one. The last one and if they do that it __12__ them happy.”

　　When women shop,“they're doing it in a way where they want __l3__ to be very happy,”says McGrath.“They're kind of shopping for love.”

　　In fact, it is in clothing where we see a male-female__14__most clearly. Why, grumble some men, are all male clothes navy, grey, black or brown? But would they wear 1ight green and pink?

　　These days, many guys wear a sort of“uniform”, says Paco Underhill, author of“Why We Buy”,“It's been hard for them to understand what it means to be fashion-conscious in a business way. It becomes much, much easier if you__15__your range of choices.”

　　词汇：

　　guy  n．家伙，伙计

　　mission  n．任务，使命

　　grumble  n．抱怨，发牢骚

　　ethnicity  n．种族特点

　　camcorder  n．摄像放像机

　　1．A）playing      B）fishing      C）shopping      D）traveling

　　2．A）get out      B）stay in      C）look round      D）move about

　　3.   A）confirming     B）challenging      C）proving      D）supporting

　　4．A）Regardless of    B）Because of     C）Owing to    D）Thanks to

　　5．A）want      B）like     C）hate      D）hope

　　6．A）coats      B）pants      C）socks      D）books

　　7．A）relaxation      B）rest      C）exercise      D） research

　　8．A）similar       B）inclusive       C）contradictory     D）different

　　9．A）wander       B）go        C）walk       D）run

　　10．A）cheap       B）fashionable      C）presentable    D）perfect

　　11．A）task     B）play      C）game      D）destination

　　12．A）brings      B）causes      C）makes      D）keeps

　　13．A）everybody       B）nobody      C）anybody      D）no one

　　14．A）competition   B）comparison    C）division   D）confrontation

　　15．A）broaden      B）expand       C）extend      D）narrow

　　答案部分

　　一、单项选择题。

　　1.

　　“正确答案” A

　　“答案解析” 根据句意（“政府正在……教育法”）排除B（搭配词义不通顺），C和D（C和D都通常和进行时态连用）。debate: vt, vi讨论，争论;discuss: vt谈论；讨论；商讨（with sb. ）；delay: vt, vi, n. 推迟；延缓 ；Decline: vt, vi下降；下滑；下倾。

　　2.

　　“正确答案” A

　　“答案解析” 划线词和四个被选项都是较为常见词汇。其中，scene是“现场, 场面, 情景, 景色”；view是“景色, 风景, 观点, 见解”；event是“事件”，landscape“风景, 山水画, 地形”。从句意（克朗代克河地区是人们迄今为止所知道的最大淘金热（发生地）之一）来看，scene的含义是“地点”，所以答案是A.

　　3.

　　“正确答案” A

　　“答案解析” 根据搭配——“……媒体报道”判断A（大量的，广大的，广阔的）合适。而借助mass 的含义（n.块, 大多数, 质量, 群众, 大量 adj.群众的, 大规模的, 集中的）也可猜测出massive的含义与“大量的”有关，这样也能判断答案。Negative adj.否定的, 消极的, 负的；expensive adj.昂贵的；active adj.积极的, 能起作用的。该句的含义是“她一直是许多媒体报道的对象。”

　　4.

　　“正确答案” B

　　“答案解析” 根据搭配——“……的可能性”判断B（调查，研究）最合适。Reject vt.拒绝, 抵制；propose vt.计划, 建议, 向……提议；postpone vt.推迟, 使延期。该句的含义是“会议研究了进行更加紧密的贸易联系的可能性。”

　　5.

　　“正确答案” B

　　“答案解析” 根据and的使用特点：前后结构对称，词义色彩一致，因此判断B（平静的，安静的）是答案。Rough adj.粗糙的, 粗略的, 大致的, 粗暴的，汹涌澎湃的。该句的含义是“大海安静而又平静”。

　　6.

　　“正确答案” B

　　“答案解析” 句子中出现了“In a bullfight（在斗牛中）……颜色”这样的结构和词语，因此猜测划线词所在的结构含义可能是“（刺激）牛”。因此判断B（使……兴奋）是答案。Confuse vt.搞乱, 使糊涂；scare v.惊吓； satisfy vt.满足, 使满意。该句的含义是“在斗牛比赛中，让牛兴奋的是物体的运动，而不是物体的颜色。”