2014年职称英语考试卫生类C级模拟试题三
2014-01-28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。请根据短文内容，为每题确定l个最佳选项。
31、回答31-45题：
Exercise Lowers Employers' Health CostsCompanies can save millions in health-care costs simply by encouraging their employees toexercise a little bit, researchers reported on Friday．
They saidobese (肥胖的) employees had higher health-care costs, but lowered those expensesby exercising just a couple of times a week -- without even losing any weight．
Feifei Wang and colleagues at the University of Michigan studied 23, 500 workers at GeneralMotors． They estimated that getting the most sedentary (惯于久坐的) obese workers to exercise would have saved about $ 790, 000 ayear, or about 15 percent of health-care costs for the whole groupcompany-wide, the potential savings could reach $ 7． 1 million per year,theyreposed in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine．
Of thewhole group of workers, about 30 percent were of normal weigh, 45 percent were overweight(超重的), and 25 percent were obese． Annual health-care costs averaged $ 2,200for normal weight, $ 2, 400 for the overweight, and $ 2, 700 for obeseemployees．
But amongworkers who did no exercise, healthcare costs went up by at least $100 a year,and were $ 3, 000 a year for obese employees who were sedentary．
But adding two or more days of light exercise -- at least 20 minutes of exercise orwork hard enough to increase heart rate and breathing -- lowered costs by onaverage $ 500 per employee a year, the researchers found．
How can employees help lower the health-care costs?
A．Bytaking more rest．
B．Byeating less．
C．Byexercising a little bit．
D．Bysaving more money．
32、Byencouraging its employees to exercise General Motors could save
A．$790,000 per year
B．$ 7．1million per year
C．$3,000 per year
D．$7,300 per year
33、Howmany workers in General Motors were NOT of normal weight?
A．Seventy percent．
B．Thirtypercent．
C．Forty-five percent
D．Twenty-five percent．
34、Forwhich group of the workers were the health-care costs the highest?
A．Theemployees of normal weight．
B．Theoverweight employees．
C．Theobese employees．
D．Thesedentary obese employees．
35、Howoften should the employees exercise to help lower the health-care costs?
A．Atleast seven days a week．
B．Atleast twenty minutes a week．
C．Atleast twice a week．
D．Atleast once a week
36、回答36-50题：
Entertaining Guests in Today's BritainBritons are increasingly entertaining guests at home with dinner, film and karaokenights,inspired by television shows on cookery and home entertainment,according to a survey．
More than half (53 percent) of the respondents to a poll of 1,000 Britons across the countrysaid they now prefer to spend quality time with family and friends by invitingthem over to their homes rather than meeting in bars and restaurants, thesurvey by mobile phone operator T-Mobile showed．
Popular television shows such as "Come Dine With Me", where amateur chefsattempt to show each other with their cooking skills, "Master Chef"where ordinary people compete to cook to Michelin standards and a number ofcelebrity cookery shows have inspired Britons to entertain at home．
The poll showed that nearly a third of respondents had splashed out cash for home entertainmentimprovements such as sofas, dining tables, games consoles and biggertelevisions to impress the guests．
"Over the last couple of years, my clients have increasingly asked for home partiesrather than ones at independent-venues," party planning expert Liz Brewersaid in a statement accompanying the poll's results．
"Thisis not only due to the recession but because many have become increasinglyhouse-proud and keen to show off their cooking skills, in addition to theirlatest home entertainment purchases． "
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver was the top choice for dream host of respondents, while PrimeMinister Gordon Brown was one of the least favored, alongside his rivalConservative leader David Cameron．
What does the word "entertain" mean?
A．host
B．enjoy
C．enroll
D．recruit
37、Whatdoes the phrase "quality time" mean?
A．precious time
B．muchtime
C．goodtime
D．limited time
38、Whichthe following is not true?
A．Many respondents involved in the poll prefer inviting guests to meeting in bars and restaurants．
B．half of the respondents in a poll said they now like to spend quality time with familyand friends．
C．"Come Dine with Me" involved cooking skills．
D．"Master Chef" inspired Britons to welcome gusts at home．
39、What does the "splash out" most probably mean?
A．crush
B．wastemoney
C．ash
D．blush
40、Overthe last couple of years, why do clients have increasingly asked for home partiesrather than ones at independent venues?
A．Recessionand their willingness to show their cooking skills．
B．It ismore healthy to eat at home．
C．It iscleaner to eat at home．
D．It cancreate harmonious atmosphere．
41、回答41-55题：
Three Ways to Become More CreativeMost people believe they don't have much imagination． They are wrong． Everyone has imagination,but most of us, once we become adults, forgets how to access it． Creativityisn't always connected with great works of art or ideas． People at work and intheir free time routinely think of creative ways to solve problems． Maybe youhave a goal to achieve, a tricky question to answer or you just want to expandyour mind ! Here are three techniques to help you．
This technique involves taking unrelated ideas and trying to fred links betweenthem． First,think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need todo． Then find an image,word, idea or object, for example, a candle． Write downall the ideas ! words associated with candles, light, fire, matches, wax,night, silence, etC．Think of as many as you can． The next stage is to relatethe ideas to the job you have to do． So imagine you want to buy a friend an originalpresent, you could buy him tickets to a match or take him out for the night．Imagine that normal limitations don't exist． You have as much time / space /money, as you want．Think about your goal and the new possibilities． If, for example, your goal is tolearn to ski(滑雪), you can now practice skiing every day ofyour life (because you have the time and the money )． Now adapt this to realitymaybe you can practice skiing every day in December, or every Monday inJanuary．
Look at the situation from a different point of view, good negotiators (谈判者)use this technique in business, and so do writers． Fiction writers oftenimagine they are the characters in their books． They ask questions: what doesthis character want? Why can't she get it? What changes must she make to getwhat she wants? What does she dream about? If your goal involves other people,put yourself "in their shoes"． The best fishermen think like fish!
According to the passage, when we become adults
A．mostof us are no longer creative
B．we arenot as imaginative as children
C．we canstill learn to be more creative
D．we areunwilling to be creative
42、According to the first technique, if you need to solve a problem,
A．youshould link it with candles
B．youhave to think of buying a present for a friend
C．youshould link it with as many words as possible
D．youcould find an image and try to link it with the problem
43、The second technique suggests that you just imagine
A．setting a goal is as simple as skiing
B．youhave every resource to achieve your goal
C．newpossibilities will soon appear
D．December and January are the best months for skiing
44、Thephrase "put yourself in their shoes" in paragraph is closest inmeaning to
A．dressyourself like them
B．do asthey ask you to
C．put ontheir shoes
D．thinkas they would
45、We learn from the third technique that a good salesman should ask himself?
A．whatare my customers' needs
B．whatdo I usually do
C．whatdid my boss tell me to do
D．howshould sell my products
31、回答31-45题：
Exercise Lowers Employers' Health CostsCompanies can save millions in health-care costs simply by encouraging their employees toexercise a little bit, researchers reported on Friday．
They saidobese (肥胖的) employees had higher health-care costs, but lowered those expensesby exercising just a couple of times a week -- without even losing any weight．
Feifei Wang and colleagues at the University of Michigan studied 23, 500 workers at GeneralMotors． They estimated that getting the most sedentary (惯于久坐的) obese workers to exercise would have saved about $ 790, 000 ayear, or about 15 percent of health-care costs for the whole groupcompany-wide, the potential savings could reach $ 7． 1 million per year,theyreposed in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine．
Of thewhole group of workers, about 30 percent were of normal weigh, 45 percent were overweight(超重的), and 25 percent were obese． Annual health-care costs averaged $ 2,200for normal weight, $ 2, 400 for the overweight, and $ 2, 700 for obeseemployees．
But amongworkers who did no exercise, healthcare costs went up by at least $100 a year,and were $ 3, 000 a year for obese employees who were sedentary．
But adding two or more days of light exercise -- at least 20 minutes of exercise orwork hard enough to increase heart rate and breathing -- lowered costs by onaverage $ 500 per employee a year, the researchers found．
How can employees help lower the health-care costs?
A．Bytaking more rest．
B．Byeating less．
C．Byexercising a little bit．
D．Bysaving more money．
32、Byencouraging its employees to exercise General Motors could save
A．$790,000 per year
B．$ 7．1million per year
C．$3,000 per year
D．$7,300 per year
33、Howmany workers in General Motors were NOT of normal weight?
A．Seventy percent．
B．Thirtypercent．
C．Forty-five percent
D．Twenty-five percent．
34、Forwhich group of the workers were the health-care costs the highest?
A．Theemployees of normal weight．
B．Theoverweight employees．
C．Theobese employees．
D．Thesedentary obese employees．
35、Howoften should the employees exercise to help lower the health-care costs?
A．Atleast seven days a week．
B．Atleast twenty minutes a week．
C．Atleast twice a week．
D．Atleast once a week
36、回答36-50题：
Entertaining Guests in Today's BritainBritons are increasingly entertaining guests at home with dinner, film and karaokenights,inspired by television shows on cookery and home entertainment,according to a survey．
More than half (53 percent) of the respondents to a poll of 1,000 Britons across the countrysaid they now prefer to spend quality time with family and friends by invitingthem over to their homes rather than meeting in bars and restaurants, thesurvey by mobile phone operator T-Mobile showed．
Popular television shows such as "Come Dine With Me", where amateur chefsattempt to show each other with their cooking skills, "Master Chef"where ordinary people compete to cook to Michelin standards and a number ofcelebrity cookery shows have inspired Britons to entertain at home．
The poll showed that nearly a third of respondents had splashed out cash for home entertainmentimprovements such as sofas, dining tables, games consoles and biggertelevisions to impress the guests．
"Over the last couple of years, my clients have increasingly asked for home partiesrather than ones at independent-venues," party planning expert Liz Brewersaid in a statement accompanying the poll's results．
"Thisis not only due to the recession but because many have become increasinglyhouse-proud and keen to show off their cooking skills, in addition to theirlatest home entertainment purchases． "
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver was the top choice for dream host of respondents, while PrimeMinister Gordon Brown was one of the least favored, alongside his rivalConservative leader David Cameron．
What does the word "entertain" mean?
A．host
B．enjoy
C．enroll
D．recruit
37、Whatdoes the phrase "quality time" mean?
A．precious time
B．muchtime
C．goodtime
D．limited time
38、Whichthe following is not true?
A．Many respondents involved in the poll prefer inviting guests to meeting in bars and restaurants．
B．half of the respondents in a poll said they now like to spend quality time with familyand friends．
C．"Come Dine with Me" involved cooking skills．
D．"Master Chef" inspired Britons to welcome gusts at home．
39、What does the "splash out" most probably mean?
A．crush
B．wastemoney
C．ash
D．blush
40、Overthe last couple of years, why do clients have increasingly asked for home partiesrather than ones at independent venues?
A．Recessionand their willingness to show their cooking skills．
B．It ismore healthy to eat at home．
C．It iscleaner to eat at home．
D．It cancreate harmonious atmosphere．
41、回答41-55题：
Three Ways to Become More CreativeMost people believe they don't have much imagination． They are wrong． Everyone has imagination,but most of us, once we become adults, forgets how to access it． Creativityisn't always connected with great works of art or ideas． People at work and intheir free time routinely think of creative ways to solve problems． Maybe youhave a goal to achieve, a tricky question to answer or you just want to expandyour mind ! Here are three techniques to help you．
This technique involves taking unrelated ideas and trying to fred links betweenthem． First,think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need todo． Then find an image,word, idea or object, for example, a candle． Write downall the ideas ! words associated with candles, light, fire, matches, wax,night, silence, etC．Think of as many as you can． The next stage is to relatethe ideas to the job you have to do． So imagine you want to buy a friend an originalpresent, you could buy him tickets to a match or take him out for the night．Imagine that normal limitations don't exist． You have as much time / space /money, as you want．Think about your goal and the new possibilities． If, for example, your goal is tolearn to ski(滑雪), you can now practice skiing every day ofyour life (because you have the time and the money )． Now adapt this to realitymaybe you can practice skiing every day in December, or every Monday inJanuary．
Look at the situation from a different point of view, good negotiators (谈判者)use this technique in business, and so do writers． Fiction writers oftenimagine they are the characters in their books． They ask questions: what doesthis character want? Why can't she get it? What changes must she make to getwhat she wants? What does she dream about? If your goal involves other people,put yourself "in their shoes"． The best fishermen think like fish!
According to the passage, when we become adults
A．mostof us are no longer creative
B．we arenot as imaginative as children
C．we canstill learn to be more creative
D．we areunwilling to be creative
42、According to the first technique, if you need to solve a problem,
A．youshould link it with candles
B．youhave to think of buying a present for a friend
C．youshould link it with as many words as possible
D．youcould find an image and try to link it with the problem
43、The second technique suggests that you just imagine
A．setting a goal is as simple as skiing
B．youhave every resource to achieve your goal
C．newpossibilities will soon appear
D．December and January are the best months for skiing
44、Thephrase "put yourself in their shoes" in paragraph is closest inmeaning to
A．dressyourself like them
B．do asthey ask you to
C．put ontheir shoes
D．thinkas they would
45、We learn from the third technique that a good salesman should ask himself?
A．whatare my customers' needs
B．whatdo I usually do
C．whatdid my boss tell me to do
D．howshould sell my products
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