2012年职称英语考试综合类预测试卷(三)
下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，每题后面有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 The most important advances made by mankind come from __________．
A．apparently useless information
B．the natural sciences
C．philosophy
D．technical applications
32 The author does not include among the science the study of __________．
A．Astronomy
B．Literature
C．Chemistry
D．Economics
33 In the paragraph that follows this passage， we may expect the author to discuss __________．
A．unforeseen discoveries
B．philosophy
C．the value of pure research
D．the value of technical research
34 The author points out that the Greeks who studies conic section __________．
A．were unaware of the value of their studies
B．were mathematicians
C．resigned
D．were interested in navigation
35 The practical scientist __________．
A．is a philosopher
B．is interested in the unknown
C．knows the value of what he will discover
D．knows that the world exists
36 What factor is NOT mentioned in choosing a forecasting method? __________
A．Imagination of the forecaster.
B．Necessary amount of information.
C．Practical knowledge of the forecaster.
D．Degree of difficulty involved in forecasting.
37 Persistence method will work well __________．
A．if weather conditions change greatly from day to day
B．if weather conditions do not change much
C．on sunny days
D．on rainy days
38 The limitation of the trends method is the same as the persistence method in that __________．
A．it makes predications about weather
B．it makes predications about precipitation
C．the weather features need to be well defined
D．the weather features need to be constant for a long period of time
39 Which method may involve historical weather data? __________
A．The trends method.
B．The analog method.
C．Both climatology method and analog method.
D．The trends method and the persistence method.
40 It will be impossible to make weather forecast using the analog method __________．
A．when the current weather scenario differs from the analog
B．when the current weather scenario is the same as the analog
C．when the analog is over ten years old
D．when the analog is a simple repetition of the current weather scenario
41 Which of the following can be inferred from the first paragraph? __________．
A．People don't like to be considered as one with no sense of humour.
B．People will give you a satisfactory answer to what humour is.
C．People would like to be a liar or a coward.
D．People can make light of others comment on their sense of humour.
42 The purpose of two questions in the second paragraph is to __________．
A．demonstrate why people are amused
B．display what people laugh at
C．bring to light the phenomenon of laughter
D．accent what a phenomenon laughter really is
43 The writer feels that the answer to the mystery of humour given by the great minds history is __________．
A．dispassionate
B．unsatisfactory
C．satisfactory
D． intelligent
44 The word "rutabagas" is inserted in Para. 4 to __________．
A．support the writer's opinion on Aristotle's explanation of humour
B．show his agreement with Aristotle's definition
C．explain Aristotle's definition of the ridiculous
D．prove that the ridiculous is that which is incongruous but represents neither danger nor pain
45 The paragraph following will most likely discuss __________．
A．the writer's intelligent definition of humour
B．more theories about the mystery of laughter
C．why there is humour
D．the mystery of humour
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