2014年职称英语考试理工类模拟试题(二)

　　第1部分：词汇选项(第1～15题，每题1分，共15分)

　　下面每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，请为每处划线部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。

　　1 we saw a lot of commercial buildings in chicago.

　　a condemned

　　b razed

　　c business

　　d vacant

　　2 salt has been a respected commodity for much of recorded time.

　　a flavoring

　　b preservative

　　c remedy for illness

　　d article of trade

　　3 pure feldspar is a colorless, transparent mineral, but impurities commonly make it opaque and colorful.

　　a truly

　　b rapidly

　　c periodically

　　d frequently

　　4 in 1925 clarence darrow competently opposed william jennings bryan at the renowned scopes' "monkey trial".

　　a adeptly

　　b maliciously

　　c privately

　　d rashly

　　5 the olympic games attempt to transcend national interests and bring together the best international athletes in a spirit of friendly competition and peace.

　　a debate

　　b celebration

　　c instruction

　　d rivalry

　　6 he is going to compile the data requested by the tax collector.

　　a sprout

　　b evade

　　c redeem

　　d gather

　　7 after 1850, various states in the united states began to pass compulsory school attendance laws.

　　a harsh

　　b diversified

　　c mandatory

　　d complicated

　　8 in statistics the most frequently used computations are the mean, the median, and the mode because all are indicators of central tendency.

　　a graphs

　　b variables

　　c calculations

　　d words

　　9 the empire state building was conceived on a grander scale than previous skyscrapers.

　　a executed

　　b designed

　　c financed

　　d applauded

　　10 theodere dreiser was one of the first american novelists to portray immoral characters without condemnation.

　　a hostility

　　b sadness

　　c blamed pity

　　11 most religions are concerned with the worship of one or several deities as well as with ethical rules of conduct.

　　a faith

　　b speech

　　c thought

　　d behavior

　　12 the passamaquoddy and penobscot people were confederates of the colonists in maine at the time of the revolutionary war.

　　a guardians

　　b teachers

　　c allies

　　d observers

　　13 by the 1880's, living conditions in the congested eastern seaboard cities of the united states had become local scandals.

　　a developing

　　b diverse

　　c crowded

　　d wealthy

　　14 the population of seattle is a conglomerate of people from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

　　a a company

　　b a fluctuation

　　c an assortment

　　d a matching

　　15 although dolphins sometimes swim singly or in pairs, they usually congregate in large herds, often numbering in the hundreds.

　　a procreate

　　b eat

　　c lived assemble

　　参考答案：

　　1　c　　2　d　　3　d　　4　a　　5　d　　

　　6　d　　7　c　　8　c　　9　b　　10　c　　

　　11　d　　12　c　　13　c　　14　c　　15　d