2014年职称英语考试《理工类C级》模拟题二
2013-12-16来源:和谐英语
第4部分：阅读理解(第31—45题，每题3分，共45分)下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，每道题后面都有4个选项。请仔细阅读短文并根据短文回答其后面的问题，从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
31、回答31-36题
Attention Blindness
Five or six years ago, I attended a lecture on the science of attention. A philosopher whoconducts research in the medical school was talking about attention blindness, the basic featureof the human brain that, when we concentrate intensely on one task, causes us to miss just abouteverything else. Because we can't see what we can't see, our lecturer was determined to catchus in the act. He had us watch a video of six people tossing basketballs back and forth, three inwhite shirts and three in black, and our task was to keep track only of the tosses among the people in white. The tape rolled, and everyone began counting.
Everyone except me. I'm dyslexic (有阅读障碍的) , and the moment I saw that grainytape with the confusing basketball tossers, I knew I wouldn't be able to keep track of theirmovements, so I let my mind wander. My curiosity was aroused, though, when about 30seconds into the tape, a gorilla (大猩猩) came in among the players. She (we later learned afemale student was in the gorilla suit) stared at the camera, thumped her chest, and then strodeaway while they continued passing the balls.
When the tape stopped, the philosopher asked how many people had counted at least adozen basketball tosses. Hands went up all over. He then asked who had counted 13, 14, andcongratulated those who'd scored the perfect 15. Then he asked, "And who saw the gorilla?"I raised my hand and was surprised to discover I was the only person at my table and one ofonly three or four in the large room to do so. He'd set us up, trapping us in our own attentionblindness. Yes, there had been a trick, but he wasn't the one who had played it on us. Byconcentrating so hard on counting, we had managed to miss the gorilla in the midst.
This passage describes_______.
A．a basketball match
B．an experiment
C．a philosopher
D．a gorilla
32、"Attention blindness" refers to_______.
A．the fact that one can't see what one can't see
B．seeing one thing while missing all else
C．keeping track of just about everything
D．the condition of being blind to details
33、"Catch us in the act" (Para. 1 ) is closest in meaning to "find us _______. "
A．doing something improper
B．sleeping during the lecture
C．counting the basketball tosses
D．failing to notice something within sight
34、How many people in the room saw the gorilla in the video?
A．1
B．3or4
C．13or14
D．15
35、Whom does "he" (last paragraph) refer to?
A．The author.
B．The gorilla.
C．The lecturer.
D．The student.
36、回答36-41题
The Family
The structure of a family takes different forms around the world and even in the samesociety. The family's form changes as it adapts to changing social and economic influences.
Until recently the most common form in North America was the nuclear family, consisting of amarried couple with their minor children. The nuclear family is an independent unit. It must beprepared to fend for itself. Individual family members strongly depend on one another. There islittle help from outside the family in emergencies. Elderly relatives of a nuclear family are caredfor only if it is possible for the family to do so. In North America, the elderly often do not livewith the family; they live in retirement communities and nursing homes.
There are many parallels between the nuclear family in industrial societies, such as NorthAmerica, and of families in societies such as that of the Inuits, who live in harsh environments.The nuclear family structure is well adapted to a life of mobility. In harsh conditions, mobilityallows the family to hunt for food. For North Americans, the hunt for jobs and improved socialstatus also requires mobility.
The nuclear family was not always the North American standard. In a more agrarian time,the small nuclear family was usually part of a larger extended family. This might have includedgrandparents, mother and father, brothers and sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins. In NorthAmerica today, there is a dramatic rise in the number of single-parent households. Twice asmany households in the United States are headed by divorced, separated, or never-marriedindividuals as are comprised of nuclear families. The structure of the family, not just in NorthAmerica, but throughout the world, continues to change as it adapts to changing conditions.
Another good title for this passage would be______.
A．What Makes a Family
B．Life of Inuits
C．Living with Hardship
D．The Failure of the Nuclear Family
37、A nuclear family is defined as______.
A．a married couple with their minor children
B．a single father with minor children
C．parents, grandparents, and children
D．parents, children, and aunts and uncles
38、The information in this passage would most likely be found in ______.
A．an anthropology textbook
B．a biology textbook
C．a mathematics textbook
D．geography textbook
39、The information in the first paragraph is presented mainly through______.
A．listing statistics
B．telling a story
C．pointing out similarities
D．pointing out differences
40、The word "mobility" means______.
A．money
B．readiness to move
C．organization
D．skill
第5部分：补全短文(第46～50题，每题2分，共10分)下面的短文有5处空白，短文后有6个句子，其中5个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。
41、回答41-46题
Mind Those Manners on the Subway
So, there you are, just sitting there in the subway car, enjoying that book you just bought_________ (46) Or, the person sitting next to you takes out a nail clipper ( 指甲刀 ) and beginscutting his or her nails.
Annoying? Many of us have to spend some time every day on public transportation_________ (47) So, to make the trip more pleasant, we suggest the following:
Let passengers get off the bus or subway car before you can get on_________ (48). Stand away from the doors when they are closing
Don't talk loudly on a bus or subway. Chatting loudly with your friends can be annoying toothers. _________ (49) Don't think your bags and suitcases (手提箱) deserve a seat of theirown.
Use a tissue whenever you cough or sneeze (打喷嚏). An uncovered sneeze can spread germs (细菌), especially in crowded places.
Don't cut your nails or pick your nose on public transportation.
Don't read over other people's shoulder. _________ (50) It can make peopleuncomfortable. They might think you're too stingy (小气的) even to buy a newspaper. Or theymight think you're judging their behavior.
请在第____处填上正确答案。
A．Don't eat food in your car.
B．Don't shout into your mobile phone on a bus or subway.
C．We all know that some behaviors are simply unacceptable.
D．Many people do this on subways, but it's really annoying.
E．Getting off and on in an orderly manner can save time for all.
F．Suddenly, you feel someone leaning over your shoulder reading along with you.
42、请在第____处填上正确答案。
A．Don't eat food in your car.
B．Don't shout into your mobile phone on a bus or subway.
C．We all know that some behaviors are simply unacceptable.
D．Many people do this on subways, but it's really annoying.
E．Getting off and on in an orderly manner can save time for all.
F．Suddenly, you feel someone leaning over your shoulder reading along with you.
43、请在第____处填上正确答案。
A．Don't eat food in your car.
B．Don't shout into your mobile phone on a bus or subway.
C．We all know that some behaviors are simply unacceptable.
D．Many people do this on subways, but it's really annoying.
E．Getting off and on in an orderly manner can save time for all.
F．Suddenly, you feel someone leaning over your shoulder reading along with you.
44、请在第____处填上正确答案。
A．Don't eat food in your car.
B．Don't shout into your mobile phone on a bus or subway.
C．We all know that some behaviors are simply unacceptable.
D．Many people do this on subways, but it's really annoying.
E．Getting off and on in an orderly manner can save time for all.
F．Suddenly, you feel someone leaning over your shoulder reading along with you.
45、请在第____处填上正确答案。
A．Don't eat food in your car.
B．Don't shout into your mobile phone on a bus or subway.
C．We all know that some behaviors are simply unacceptable.
D．Many people do this on subways, but it's really annoying.
E．Getting off and on in an orderly manner can save time for all.
F．Suddenly, you feel someone leaning over your shoulder reading along with you.
31、回答31-36题
Attention Blindness
Five or six years ago, I attended a lecture on the science of attention. A philosopher whoconducts research in the medical school was talking about attention blindness, the basic featureof the human brain that, when we concentrate intensely on one task, causes us to miss just abouteverything else. Because we can't see what we can't see, our lecturer was determined to catchus in the act. He had us watch a video of six people tossing basketballs back and forth, three inwhite shirts and three in black, and our task was to keep track only of the tosses among the people in white. The tape rolled, and everyone began counting.
Everyone except me. I'm dyslexic (有阅读障碍的) , and the moment I saw that grainytape with the confusing basketball tossers, I knew I wouldn't be able to keep track of theirmovements, so I let my mind wander. My curiosity was aroused, though, when about 30seconds into the tape, a gorilla (大猩猩) came in among the players. She (we later learned afemale student was in the gorilla suit) stared at the camera, thumped her chest, and then strodeaway while they continued passing the balls.
When the tape stopped, the philosopher asked how many people had counted at least adozen basketball tosses. Hands went up all over. He then asked who had counted 13, 14, andcongratulated those who'd scored the perfect 15. Then he asked, "And who saw the gorilla?"I raised my hand and was surprised to discover I was the only person at my table and one ofonly three or four in the large room to do so. He'd set us up, trapping us in our own attentionblindness. Yes, there had been a trick, but he wasn't the one who had played it on us. Byconcentrating so hard on counting, we had managed to miss the gorilla in the midst.
This passage describes_______.
A．a basketball match
B．an experiment
C．a philosopher
D．a gorilla
32、"Attention blindness" refers to_______.
A．the fact that one can't see what one can't see
B．seeing one thing while missing all else
C．keeping track of just about everything
D．the condition of being blind to details
33、"Catch us in the act" (Para. 1 ) is closest in meaning to "find us _______. "
A．doing something improper
B．sleeping during the lecture
C．counting the basketball tosses
D．failing to notice something within sight
34、How many people in the room saw the gorilla in the video?
A．1
B．3or4
C．13or14
D．15
35、Whom does "he" (last paragraph) refer to?
A．The author.
B．The gorilla.
C．The lecturer.
D．The student.
36、回答36-41题
The Family
The structure of a family takes different forms around the world and even in the samesociety. The family's form changes as it adapts to changing social and economic influences.
Until recently the most common form in North America was the nuclear family, consisting of amarried couple with their minor children. The nuclear family is an independent unit. It must beprepared to fend for itself. Individual family members strongly depend on one another. There islittle help from outside the family in emergencies. Elderly relatives of a nuclear family are caredfor only if it is possible for the family to do so. In North America, the elderly often do not livewith the family; they live in retirement communities and nursing homes.
There are many parallels between the nuclear family in industrial societies, such as NorthAmerica, and of families in societies such as that of the Inuits, who live in harsh environments.The nuclear family structure is well adapted to a life of mobility. In harsh conditions, mobilityallows the family to hunt for food. For North Americans, the hunt for jobs and improved socialstatus also requires mobility.
The nuclear family was not always the North American standard. In a more agrarian time,the small nuclear family was usually part of a larger extended family. This might have includedgrandparents, mother and father, brothers and sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins. In NorthAmerica today, there is a dramatic rise in the number of single-parent households. Twice asmany households in the United States are headed by divorced, separated, or never-marriedindividuals as are comprised of nuclear families. The structure of the family, not just in NorthAmerica, but throughout the world, continues to change as it adapts to changing conditions.
Another good title for this passage would be______.
A．What Makes a Family
B．Life of Inuits
C．Living with Hardship
D．The Failure of the Nuclear Family
37、A nuclear family is defined as______.
A．a married couple with their minor children
B．a single father with minor children
C．parents, grandparents, and children
D．parents, children, and aunts and uncles
38、The information in this passage would most likely be found in ______.
A．an anthropology textbook
B．a biology textbook
C．a mathematics textbook
D．geography textbook
39、The information in the first paragraph is presented mainly through______.
A．listing statistics
B．telling a story
C．pointing out similarities
D．pointing out differences
40、The word "mobility" means______.
A．money
B．readiness to move
C．organization
D．skill
第5部分：补全短文(第46～50题，每题2分，共10分)下面的短文有5处空白，短文后有6个句子，其中5个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。
41、回答41-46题
Mind Those Manners on the Subway
So, there you are, just sitting there in the subway car, enjoying that book you just bought_________ (46) Or, the person sitting next to you takes out a nail clipper ( 指甲刀 ) and beginscutting his or her nails.
Annoying? Many of us have to spend some time every day on public transportation_________ (47) So, to make the trip more pleasant, we suggest the following:
Let passengers get off the bus or subway car before you can get on_________ (48). Stand away from the doors when they are closing
Don't talk loudly on a bus or subway. Chatting loudly with your friends can be annoying toothers. _________ (49) Don't think your bags and suitcases (手提箱) deserve a seat of theirown.
Use a tissue whenever you cough or sneeze (打喷嚏). An uncovered sneeze can spread germs (细菌), especially in crowded places.
Don't cut your nails or pick your nose on public transportation.
Don't read over other people's shoulder. _________ (50) It can make peopleuncomfortable. They might think you're too stingy (小气的) even to buy a newspaper. Or theymight think you're judging their behavior.
请在第____处填上正确答案。
A．Don't eat food in your car.
B．Don't shout into your mobile phone on a bus or subway.
C．We all know that some behaviors are simply unacceptable.
D．Many people do this on subways, but it's really annoying.
E．Getting off and on in an orderly manner can save time for all.
F．Suddenly, you feel someone leaning over your shoulder reading along with you.
42、请在第____处填上正确答案。
A．Don't eat food in your car.
B．Don't shout into your mobile phone on a bus or subway.
C．We all know that some behaviors are simply unacceptable.
D．Many people do this on subways, but it's really annoying.
E．Getting off and on in an orderly manner can save time for all.
F．Suddenly, you feel someone leaning over your shoulder reading along with you.
43、请在第____处填上正确答案。
A．Don't eat food in your car.
B．Don't shout into your mobile phone on a bus or subway.
C．We all know that some behaviors are simply unacceptable.
D．Many people do this on subways, but it's really annoying.
E．Getting off and on in an orderly manner can save time for all.
F．Suddenly, you feel someone leaning over your shoulder reading along with you.
44、请在第____处填上正确答案。
A．Don't eat food in your car.
B．Don't shout into your mobile phone on a bus or subway.
C．We all know that some behaviors are simply unacceptable.
D．Many people do this on subways, but it's really annoying.
E．Getting off and on in an orderly manner can save time for all.
F．Suddenly, you feel someone leaning over your shoulder reading along with you.
45、请在第____处填上正确答案。
A．Don't eat food in your car.
B．Don't shout into your mobile phone on a bus or subway.
C．We all know that some behaviors are simply unacceptable.
D．Many people do this on subways, but it's really annoying.
E．Getting off and on in an orderly manner can save time for all.
F．Suddenly, you feel someone leaning over your shoulder reading along with you.
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