职称英语考试综合A级真题及答案
中国传统情人节-研修感悟
精品文档
2009年职称英语考试综合A级(11)真题及答案
第一部分：词汇选项
1. Why can't you stop your
(eternal) complaining?
A. long
B.
everlasting
C. temporary
D. boring
2. Hundreds of buildings were (wrecked) by
the earthquake.
A. shaken
B. damaged
C. fallen
D. jumped
3. These
paintings are considered by many to be
(authentic).
A. faithful
B. royal
C. genuine
D. sincere
4. Many
economists have given in to the fatal (lure) of
mathematics.
A. attraction
B.
simplicity
C. power
D. rigor
5.
Ten years after the event, her death still remains
a (puzzle).
A. mist
B. tog
C.
mystery
D. secret
6. irritated
答案：A. annoyed
7. duplicated
答案：D.
copied
8. spurred
答案：B. encouraged
9. ample
答案：D. enough
10.
marvels
答案：B. miracles
11. perpetual
答案：B. endless
12. shabby
A. old
B. unforgetable
C. funny
D.
unfair
.
精品文档
13. adhere to
A. follow
B. order
C. prove
D. handle
14. barren
答案：C. bare
15. specifications
答案：C. instructions
第二部分：阅读判断
Keep on Fighting
Turning
once again to the question of invasion, I would
observe that there has never been a
period in
all these long centuries of which we boast when an
absolute guarantee against invasion,
still
less against serious raids, could have been given
to our people. In the days of Napoleon the
same wind which would have carried his
transports across the Channel might have driven
away
the blockading fleet. There was always
the chance, and it is that chance which has
excited and
befooled the imaginations of many
continental tyrants. Many are the tales that are
told. We are
assured that novel methods will
be adopted, and when we see the originality of
malice, the
ingenuity of aggression, which our
enemy displays, we may certainly prepare ourselves
for every
kind of novel stratagem and every
kind of brutal and treacherous maneuver. I think
that no idea is
so outlandish that it should
not be considered and viewed with a searching, but
at the same time, I
hope, with a steady eye.
We must never forget the solid assurances of
sea power and those which belong to air power
if it can be locally exercised. I have,
myself, full confidence that if all do their duty,
if nothing is
neglected, and if the best
arrangements are made, as they are being made, we
shall prove ourselves
once again able to
defend our island home, to ride out the storm of
war, and to outlive the menace
of tyranny, if
necessary for years, if necessary alone. At any
rate, that is what we are going to try
to do.
That is the resolve of His Majesty's government -
every man of them. That is the will of
parliament and the nation. The British empire
and the French republic, linked together in their
cause and in their need, will defend to the
death their native soil, aiding each other like
good
comrades to the utmost of their strength.
Even though large tracts of Europe and many old
and
famous states have fallen or may fall into
the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious
apparatus of
Nazi rule, we shall not flag or
fail.
We shall go on to the end, we shall
fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and
oceans, we shall
fight with growing confidence
and growing strength in the air, we shall defend
our island,
whatever the cost may be, we shall
fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the
landing grounds, we
shall fight in the fields
and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills;
we shall never surrender, and
even if, which I
do not for a moment believe, this island or a
large part of it were subjugated and
starving,
then our empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded
by the British fleet, would carry on
the
struggle, until, in God's good time, the new
world, with all its power and might, steps forth
to
the rescue and the liberation of the old.
16. Throughout Britain's history, there has
been no guarantee that an invasion would not
happen.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not
mentioned
.
精品文档
17. Napoleon
and his army once crossed the English Channel and
Conquered Britain.
A. Right B. Wrong C.
Not mentioned
18. The enemy will use every
means conceivable to destroy Britain.
A.
Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
19.
Churchill is confident that he will live longer
than Hitler.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not
mentioned
20. The Royal air Force will
launch massive air strikes against the Germans.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
21. The British Empire is so strong that it does
not have to take Hitler's menace seriously.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
22.
Although many countries have been overrun by the
Germans, the British people will
never give
in.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
第三部分：概括大意与完成句子
McGrady's art is a
spectacle
1. When Tracy McGrady is healthy,
his play can be so beautiful that even his own
teammates
on the court cannot help but admire
it - in the middle of a game.
2.
the
Houston Chronicle newspaper after McGrady's
44-point performance against Utah on January
5.
sudden, [the other team's] getting the
ball and going on a fast break, and I'm getting
yelled at by
the , McGrady's body control, his
energy, his shooting - watching these are like
watching an artist at work, blending colours,
constructing sentences, or playing music.
3.
Unfortunately, McGrady, 27, hasn't always been on
the job. Already this season, he's
missed
seven games with back spasms. After Yao Ming was
injured on Dec. 23, it appeared
Houston would
be without both of its stars. McGrady, however,
returned three days later and has
been playing
well ever since, scoring more than 30 points in
each of the last six games, as of
Tuesday.
Houston can't seem to get on without him. When
McGrady was injured, the Rockets won
two and
lost five.
4.
do with the
basketball,
we're fans even though we're
players - it's really fun to watch him do that. a
player's
perspective, his game can affect the
entire team. No question. We see him, and we get
excited, and
that pumps us up. He keeps making
shots, and suddenly it seems to become easier for
everybody.
5. But it won't, really. Houston has
just begun an important stretch on their schedule.
Four of the
next seven games will be played
away from Houston - and without Yao. Six of the
games will be
against teams with winning
records. Opponents will double-team McGrady in an
attempt to dull
the impact of his art. Instead
of watching, McGrady's teammates will need to
create a little art of
their own.
23.
Paragraph 2 C .
24. Paragraph 3 D .
25. Paragraph 4 B .
26. Paragraph
5 A .
A. Necessity for the Teammates to
Improve Their Own Skills
.
精品文档
B. Evaluation from Two Different
Perspectives
C. Spectacular Performance on
the Court
D. Players Houston Can't Do
Without
E. Yao Ming's Performance
F.
McGrady's Injury
27. McGrady plays
basketball so well A .
28. Yao Ming
missed several games D .
29. There are
very few people on the Earth C .
30.
Everyone will have to contribute E .
A.
that his temmates cannot help admiring him
B. that he is often yelled at by the coach
C. who can play basketball so well
D.
because he had been injured
E. if Houston
hopes to win
F. since he returned
第四部分：阅读理解
第一篇
Youth Emancipation in
Spain
The Spanish Government is so worried
about the number of young adults still living with
their parents that it has decided to help them
leave the nest.
Around 55 per cent of people
aged 18-34 in Spain still sleep in their parents'
homes, says the
latest report from the
country's state-run Institute of Youth.
To
coax(劝诱)young people from their homes, the
institute started a 解
放) programme this month.
The programme offers guidance in finding rooms and
jobs.
Economists blame young people's family
dependence on the precarious(不稳定的) labour
market and increasing housing prices. Housing
prices have risen 17 per cent a year since 2000.
Cultural reasons also contribute to the
problem, say sociologists. Family ties in south
Europe
- Italy, Portugal and Greece - are
stronger than those in middle and north Europe,
said Spanish
sociologist Almudena Moreno
Minguez in her report
Keys for
Understanding
general, young people in Spain
firmly believe in the family as the main body
around
which their private life is
organized,
In Spain - especially in the
countryside, it is not uncommon to find entire
groups of aunts,
uncles, cousins, nieces and
nephews(外甥侄子) all living on the same street. They
regularly get
together for Sunday dinner.
Parents' tolerance(宽容) is another factor. Spanish
parents accept late-night partying and are
wary of setting bedtime rules.
fight
and call the father a Fascist,said Jose Antonio
Gomez Yanez, a sociologist at Carlos III
University in Madrid.
Mothers' willingness
to do children's household chores worsens the
problem. Dioni-sio Masso, a
60-year-old in
Madrid, has three children in their 20s. The
eldest, 28, has a girlfriend and a job.
But
life with mum is good.
.
精品文档
31. The
A. fight for freedom
B.
live in an independent way
C. fight against
social injustice
D. get rid of family
responsibilities
32. It can be inferred from
paragraph 5 that family ties are stronger in
Portugal than in
A. Finland
B. Greece
C. Spain
D. Italy
33. Young
people's family dependence can be attributed to
all the following factors EXCEPT
A. parent's
tolerance
B. housing problems
C.
cultural traditions
D. unwillingness to get
married
34. Which of the following
statements is NOT true of Dinoisio Masso?
A.
She is 60 years old.
B. She has a boyfriend.
C. She has three children.
D. She
lives in Madrid.
35. The phrase
A.
tired of
B. afraid of
C. cautious
about
D. worried about
第二篇
Road
Trip Vacations
It's summer. In the United
States, it's the season of swimming pools,
barbeques, camping and
road trips.
Road
trip vacations where the car journey is part of
the fun are especially popular with
college
students, who like to explore the country on
wheels. These budget trips are ideal for
students who often have plenty of free time
but little money.
Austin Hawkins, a
19-year-old college student from New York. This
summer, Hawkins and his
friends have spent
weekends traveling in New England.
The best
part about car trips, said Hawkins, is that you
can be spontaneous.
you get interested in
things you see along the way you can stop and
explore.
Matt Roberts, a 20-year-old student
from Ohio who drove to Montreal, Canada, agrees.
road trips you don't have to plan in advance,
you can just get into a car and drive.
Even
with high gas prices, driving with friends is
cheaper than flying. Roberts paid about 40
dollars for gas, but a round trip plane ticket
would have cost nearly 400 dollars.
Driving
trips first became popular in the 1920s. Newly
paved roads and improved, cars made
it
possible to travel longer distances. Motels
started appearing outside cities.
By the
1950s, car ownership became the norm. Construction
of the US interstate highway
.
精品文档
system began in 1956 and motel and restaurant
chains popped up everywhere making long
distance trips easier.
Today, the US has
the highest car ownership rate in the world. Only
8 percent of American
homes have no car,
according to the most recent US census.
Though many college students don't own a car, most
have access to one. On many of
Hawkins' trips,
they used a borrowed van.
Hawkins' most
memorable road trip took place over spring break.
He and two friends drove from
New York to New
Orleans to volunteer, helping rebuild the city
after Hurricane Katrina hit it last
July. They
crossed the country in two days and slept in their
car in church parking lots.
Roberts' road
trip to Canada last winter was even more eventful.
Upon arriving in Montreal,
they were lost in a
blizzard and shivering in the -25°cold. To find
their hotel, they turned on a
laptop and drove
around in circles until they found a spot with
wireless Internet coverage.
know we should
have planned better, but we're young. Now, when I
see those guys I
always say: 'Remember when we
were lost in the snow storm!' I'll never forget
that.
36. Traveling on wheels is most popular
among people
who have cars
37. What
will Hawkins do when he sees something interesting
on a road trip?
A. He will turn back.
B. He will drive around.
C. He will stop to
explore.
D. He will stop exploring.
38. When did motels suddenly appear everywhere?
A. After the work to build the interstate
highway system started.
B. When driving
trips became popular.
C. After many roads
were paved.
D. After new cars were made.
39. Which of the following words can best
describe Hawkins' trip to New Orleans?
A.
Eventful.
B. Colourful.
C. Delightful.
D. Unforgettable.
40. The word
A. snow storm.
B. hurricane.
C. mist.
D. fog.
第三篇
Tightened Visa
Regulations
According to South Korea's new
visa regulations, native speakers of English who
intend to
teach English in South Korea will be
required to undergo criminal record checks,
medical and
drug tests, provide sealed
academic transcripts and have their university
diplomas inspected, The
Korea Times has
reported. The tightened regulations will affect an
estimated 17,000 foreigners
that hold E-2
visas specifically for foreign language teachers.
The most controversial requirement is that
English teachers residing outside South Korea will
.
精品文档
have to have an
interview at a South Korean embassy before taking
up their teaching posts. For
applicants living
in remote areas in Canada, Australia or the US,
this is an additional travel burden.
Meanwhile, foreign teachers currently living
in South Korea must leave the country after their
one-year contracts end and renew their visas
at a South Korean embassy in their home country or
third country. Before the changes, they could
renew their visas by visiting a neighboring
country
and return without additional
documentation.
The visa changes are a
reaction to public concern about the suitability
of some foreign
teachers. A report from the
South Korean Ministry of Education and Human
Resources
Development shows between 2001 and
August of this year, 1,481 foreign language
teachers have
been caught for a range of
offenses including forged degrees, visa violations
and general
lawbreaking.
But the changes
are likely to slow up the supply of teachers to
South Korea's English language
education
sector. According to Michael Duffy, manager of a
teacher placement service in South
Korea,
applicants have to spend a few hundred dollars and
several months on getting affidavits for
documents. Korea has put up too many hoops to
jump through,he said, adding that
foreigners
would seek work elsewhere. Most foreigners wonder
if the experience of working in
South Korea
will be worth the burden of the paper work and
increasing restrictions.
(South) Korea has
thought this through,
near Seoul.
the EFL
community.
As part of efforts to ease the
discontent, the South Korean Ministry of Justice
has granted a
three-month grace period for
current E-2 visa holders to prepare the necessary
documents.
41. Which of the following is NOT
required of an E-2 visa applicant?
A. to
pass a Korean language test
B. to undergo a
medical test
C. to provide sealed school
reports
D. to undergo a drug test
41.
A to pass a Korean language test
42. C visit
a neighboring country if they wanted to renew
their visas
43. C subversive activities
44. What does EFL refer to?
D English as a
foreign language
45. The new visa policy
aims at
B. improving foreign language
teaching in South Korea.
第五部分：补全短文
My
Life at Renda
I learned very quickly that
being a teaching assistant (TA) at the University
of Iowa would be
different from life as a
teacher at Renmin University.
________________(46) Eyes staring, mouths open,
students examining my big nose, hands
nervous,
people whispering while I wrote my name on the
blackboard.
At Iowa, when my first classes
began, half my students still hadn't arrived. When
everyone
finally found a seat, ringing
cellphones and loud yawns interrupted my opening
remarks.
It's not that American students
were disrespectful. __________________(47) They
were,
however, far more skeptical than the
students I had at Renda. The truth is I couldn't
fault them for
.
精品文档
their
skepticism. Undergraduates at large US
universities -especially freshmen and sophomores ?
often have several classes a semester handled
by TAs. In some cases, the TA sets the course
content. ______________(48) Most have good
intentions, but only a few are as effective as
flesh-and-blood professors.
Every
teacher has to confront obstacles to learning - no
matter what the culture. Students who
talk
during lectures, students who cheat, students who
question the grade they get for a paper or
project - dealing with these is all part of
the job. __________________(49)
The
difference, I think - at least in my experience is
that in the US I had to swallow more of
my
pride. __________________(50)
I had a
responsibility to teach them, of course, but I had
to do so indirectly-as a guide who
himself had
a few things to learn from the students.
答案：
46. Back at Renda, I had walked into my
first classes feeling like a celebrity.
47.
Most were polite or, at least, indifferent.
48. In others, the TA works as a grader and
discussion leader.
49. I encountered these
in China, and I faced them in the US.
50. In
my students' minds, I had little to offer them,
except perhaps some sample questions
for the
mid-term exam.
第六部分：完形填空
Improve
Computer-research Skills
Like many college
students, Jose Juarez carries around a pocket-
sized computer that lets him
watch movies,
surf the Interact and text-message his friends.
He's part of M- those born after 1985 who
________ (51) up connected to
everything from
video game to cellphones.
us, it's everyday
life,said Juarez, 18, a freshman ________ (52)
California State
University at Sacramento
(CSUS). ________ (53),educators are now saying
that not all
Generation M-ers can synthesize
the piles of information they're accessing.
geeky, but they don't know what to ________ (54)
with their geekdom,said
Barbara O'Connor, a
Sacramento State communications studies professor
who has been involved
in a nationwide ________
(55) to improve students' computer-research
skills.
In a recent nationwide test to
________ (56) their technological
the Interact
to complete class assignments - only 49 percent
correctly evaluated a set of Web
sites for
objectivity, authority and timeliness. Only 35 per
cent could correctly narrow an overly
________
(57) Internet search.
About 130 Sacramento
State students, including Juarez, participated in
the experimental test,
________ (58) to 6,300
college students across the country.
The
hour-long assessment test is conducted by
Educational Testing Service. It is a web-based
scavenger hunt ________ (59) simulated
Interact search engines and academic databases
that spit
out purposely misleading
information.
what they get back,
an
open search box, you type in a few words and you
________ (61) the button,
involved in the
testing.
.
精品文档
Educators
say that these sloppy research skills are
troubling.
as a foundational
skill,
CSU system.
Measuring how well
students can
become a higher priority for CSU,
Roth said.
CSU is considering ________ (65)
a mandatory assessment test on technological
literacy for
all freshmen, much as it has
required English and math placement tests since
the 1980s.
Students in freshman seminars at
Sacramento State were asked to take the test early
in the
semester and were expected to finish
another round this week to measure their
improvement.
答案：
51. grew
52. at
53. However
54. do
55. effort
56. measure
57. broad
58.
administered
59. with
60. typing
61. push
62. whatever
63. look at
64. from
65. adding
.