2014年职称英语考试《综合类B级》冲刺试卷(二)
2014-03-27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：
It is implied in the passage that many educators and parents today feel that one-room schools __________.
A．need to be shut down.
B．are the best in Nebraska.
C．are a good example of the good old days.
D．provide good education.
32、Why are one-room schools in danger of disappearing?
A．Because they all exist in one state.
B．Because they skip too many children ahead.
C．Because there is a trend toward centralization.
D．Because there is no fourth-grade level in any of them.
33、What is mentioned as a major characteristic of the one-room school system in the second paragraph?
A．Some children have to be left back.
B．Teachers are always busy.
C．Pupils have more freedom.
D．Learning is not limited to one grade level at a time.
34、Which of the following can best describe the author's attitude toward one-room schools?
A．Praising.
B．Angry.
C．Critical.
D．Humorous.
35、It can be inferred from the last sentence that parents living in Nebraska __________.
A．don't like centralized schools.
B．received education in one-room schools.
C．prefer rural life to urban one.
D．come from other states.
36、回答36-50题：
Some Things We Know about Language
Many things about language are a mystery, and many will always remain so. But some things we do know.
First, we know that all human beings have a language of some sort. There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language, no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate with one another. Furthermore, in historical times, there has never been a race of men without a language.
Second, there is no such thing as a primitive language. There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped, who are, as we say, uncivilized, but the languages they speak are not primitive. In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens or thousands of years in developing.
This has not always been well understood; indeed, the direct contrary has often been stated. Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate. Many people have supposed that the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises. study has proved this to be nonsense. There are, or were, hundreds of American Indian languages, and all of them turn out to be very complicated and very old. They are" certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with, but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.
A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate. That is,each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language.
Finally, we know that language changes. It is natural and normal for language to change;the only languages which do not change are the dead ones. This is easy to understand if we look backward in time. Change goes on in all aspects of language. Grammatical features change as do speech sounds, and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur very rapidly. Vocabulary is the least stable part of any languages.
In the second paragraph the author thinks that__________.
A．some backward race doesn't have a language of its own
B．some race in history didn't possess a language of its own
C．any human race, whether backward or not, has a language
D．some races on earth can communicate without language
37、According to the author, people of undeveloped cultures can have languages.__________.
A．complicated
B．uncivilized
C．primitive
D．well-known
38、The author has used American Indian languages as an example to show that they are__________.
A．just as old as some well-known languages
B．just as sophisticated as some well-known languages
C．more developed than some well-known languages
D．more complex than some well-known languages
39、Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
A．A language is a means of expressing a particular culture.
B．All languages can well express their respective cultures.
C．American Indian languages are as sophisticated as English.
D．Some languages are better than other languages.
40、According to the author, language changes are most likely to occur in__________.
A．grammar.
B．pronunciation.
C．vocabulary.
D．intonation
41、回答41-55题：
David Jones and His Salary
Computer programmer David Jones earns ￡35,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque card. Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.
The 16-year-old works for a small firm In Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David's firm releases two new games for the home computer market each month.
But David's biggest headache is what to do with his money. Despite his salary, earned buy inventing new programs, with bonus payments and profit-sharing, he cannot drive a car, buy a house, or obtain credit cards.
He lives with his parents in Liverpool. His company has to pay ￡150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive.
David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school and working for a time in a computer shop. "I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs," he said.
"I suppose ￡35,000 sounds a lot but I hope it will come to more than that his year." He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother ￡20 a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.
"unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school," he said. "But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway."
David added: "I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear."
Why is David different from other young people of his age?
A．Because he earns an extremely high salary.
B．Because he is not unemployed.
C．Because he does not go out much.
D．Because he lives at home with his parents.
42、David's greatest problem is
A．finding a bank that will treat him as an adult.
B．inventing computer games.
C．spending his salary.
D．learning to drive.
43、He was employed by the company because
A．he had worked in a computer shop.
B．he had written some computer programs.
C．he had worked very hard.
D．he had learned to use computers at school.
44、He left school because
A．he did not enjoy school
B．he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him.
C．he was afraid of getting too old to start computing.
D．he wanted to earn a lot of money.
45、Why does David think he might retire early?
A．Because you have to be young to write computer programs.
B．Because he wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.
C．Because he thinks computer games might not always sell so well.
D．Because he thinks his firm might go bankrupt.
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：
It is implied in the passage that many educators and parents today feel that one-room schools __________.
A．need to be shut down.
B．are the best in Nebraska.
C．are a good example of the good old days.
D．provide good education.
32、Why are one-room schools in danger of disappearing?
A．Because they all exist in one state.
B．Because they skip too many children ahead.
C．Because there is a trend toward centralization.
D．Because there is no fourth-grade level in any of them.
33、What is mentioned as a major characteristic of the one-room school system in the second paragraph?
A．Some children have to be left back.
B．Teachers are always busy.
C．Pupils have more freedom.
D．Learning is not limited to one grade level at a time.
34、Which of the following can best describe the author's attitude toward one-room schools?
A．Praising.
B．Angry.
C．Critical.
D．Humorous.
35、It can be inferred from the last sentence that parents living in Nebraska __________.
A．don't like centralized schools.
B．received education in one-room schools.
C．prefer rural life to urban one.
D．come from other states.
36、回答36-50题：
Some Things We Know about Language
Many things about language are a mystery, and many will always remain so. But some things we do know.
First, we know that all human beings have a language of some sort. There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language, no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate with one another. Furthermore, in historical times, there has never been a race of men without a language.
Second, there is no such thing as a primitive language. There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped, who are, as we say, uncivilized, but the languages they speak are not primitive. In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens or thousands of years in developing.
This has not always been well understood; indeed, the direct contrary has often been stated. Popular ideas of the language of the American Indians will illustrate. Many people have supposed that the Indians communicated in a very primitive system of noises. study has proved this to be nonsense. There are, or were, hundreds of American Indian languages, and all of them turn out to be very complicated and very old. They are" certainly different from the languages that most of us are familiar with, but they are no more primitive than English and Greek.
A third thing we know about language is that all languages are perfectly adequate. That is,each one is a perfect means of expressing the culture of the people who speak the language.
Finally, we know that language changes. It is natural and normal for language to change;the only languages which do not change are the dead ones. This is easy to understand if we look backward in time. Change goes on in all aspects of language. Grammatical features change as do speech sounds, and changes in vocabulary are sometimes very extensive and may occur very rapidly. Vocabulary is the least stable part of any languages.
In the second paragraph the author thinks that__________.
A．some backward race doesn't have a language of its own
B．some race in history didn't possess a language of its own
C．any human race, whether backward or not, has a language
D．some races on earth can communicate without language
37、According to the author, people of undeveloped cultures can have languages.__________.
A．complicated
B．uncivilized
C．primitive
D．well-known
38、The author has used American Indian languages as an example to show that they are__________.
A．just as old as some well-known languages
B．just as sophisticated as some well-known languages
C．more developed than some well-known languages
D．more complex than some well-known languages
39、Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
A．A language is a means of expressing a particular culture.
B．All languages can well express their respective cultures.
C．American Indian languages are as sophisticated as English.
D．Some languages are better than other languages.
40、According to the author, language changes are most likely to occur in__________.
A．grammar.
B．pronunciation.
C．vocabulary.
D．intonation
41、回答41-55题：
David Jones and His Salary
Computer programmer David Jones earns ￡35,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque card. Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.
The 16-year-old works for a small firm In Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David's firm releases two new games for the home computer market each month.
But David's biggest headache is what to do with his money. Despite his salary, earned buy inventing new programs, with bonus payments and profit-sharing, he cannot drive a car, buy a house, or obtain credit cards.
He lives with his parents in Liverpool. His company has to pay ￡150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive.
David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school and working for a time in a computer shop. "I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs," he said.
"I suppose ￡35,000 sounds a lot but I hope it will come to more than that his year." He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother ￡20 a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.
"unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school," he said. "But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway."
David added: "I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear."
Why is David different from other young people of his age?
A．Because he earns an extremely high salary.
B．Because he is not unemployed.
C．Because he does not go out much.
D．Because he lives at home with his parents.
42、David's greatest problem is
A．finding a bank that will treat him as an adult.
B．inventing computer games.
C．spending his salary.
D．learning to drive.
43、He was employed by the company because
A．he had worked in a computer shop.
B．he had written some computer programs.
C．he had worked very hard.
D．he had learned to use computers at school.
44、He left school because
A．he did not enjoy school
B．he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him.
C．he was afraid of getting too old to start computing.
D．he wanted to earn a lot of money.
45、Why does David think he might retire early?
A．Because you have to be young to write computer programs.
B．Because he wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.
C．Because he thinks computer games might not always sell so well.
D．Because he thinks his firm might go bankrupt.
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