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1、1 2008 职称英语全真模拟题：理工类职称英语全真模拟题：理工类 B 级第二套级第二套 第一部分：词汇选择（第 115 题，每题 1 分，共 15 分） 下面共有 15 句子，每个句子均有一个词或短语划有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的四个选项中选择一 个与划线部分意义最相近的词或短语。答案一律涂在答题卡相应的位置上。 1We have to ask them to quit talking in order that all people present could hear us clearly. A) decrease B)cease C) continue D)keep 2.The K
2、londike was the scene of one of the biggest gold rushes the world has ever known. A) location B)view C) event D)landscape 3. She has been the subject of massive media coverage. A) extensive B) negative C) expensive D)active 4.The conference explored the possibility of closer trade links. A) rejected
3、 B) investigated C)proposed D)postponed 5. The sea was calm and still. A) quite B)quiet C) yet D)rough 6. In a bullfight, it is the movement, not the color, of objects that arouses the bull. A) confuses B)excites C) scares D)satisfies 7. The committee comprises five persons. A) absorbs B)concerns A)
4、 excludes D)involves 8. All the people assembled at Marys house. A) collected B)fixed C) asserted D)assist 9. We derive knowledge mainly from books A)deprive B) obtain C) descend D)trace 10.We all consider him a man of dynamic personalities. A)dangerous B) doubtful C)active D)easy 11 We should never
5、 content ourselves with a little book knowledge only. A) convince B)satisfy C) comfort D) benefit 12 We should contemplated the problem from all sides A) deliberated B)thought C) described D) designed 13 His health had deteriorated while he was in prison. A) became better B)became worse C) became st
6、ronger D) became weaker 14 I meant to give you this book today, but I forgot. A) intended to B)tended to C) extended to D) pretended to 15 As a matter of fact， I love soft music more than popular music. A) basically B)probably C) actually D) accurately 第二部分：阅读判断（每题 1 分，共七分） 阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出了七个句子，请根据短文
7、的内容对每个句子作出判断。如果该句提供的是 正确信息，请在答题卡上把 A 涂黑；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请在答题卡上把 B 涂黑；如果该句的信 息文章中没有提及，请在答题卡上把 C 涂黑 El Nino （厄尔尼诺现象） While some forecasting methods had limited SUCCESS predicting the 1997 E1 Nino a few months in advance， the Columbia University researchers say their method call predict large E1 Nino even
8、ts up to two years in advance That would be good news for governments， farmers and others seeking to plan for the droughts and heavy rainfall that El Nino can produce in various parts of the world. Using a computer the researchers matched seasurface temperatures to later El Nino occurrences2 between
9、 1980 and 2000 and were then able to anticipate E1 Nino events dating back to1857, using prior seasurface temperaturesThe results were reported in the latest issue of the journal Nature The researchers say their method is not perfect, but Bryan CWearea meteorologist at the University of California,
10、Davis，who was not involved in the work，said it“suggestsE1 Nino is indeed predictable” “This will probably convince others to search around more for even better methods”said WeareHe added that the new method“makes it possible to predict El Nino at 1ong lead times” Other models also use seasurface tem
11、peratures, but they have not looked as far back because they need other data， which is only available for recent decades，Weare said The ability to predict the warming and cooling of the Pacitic is of immense importanceThe 1997 El Nino，for example，caused an estimated$20 billion in damage worldwide，of
12、fset by beneficial effects in other areas，said David Anderson，of the European Centre for MediumRange Weather Forecasts in Reading EnglandThe 1877 El Nino，meanwhile，coincided with a failure of the Indian monsoon and a famine that killed perhaps 40 million in India and China。prompting the development
13、of seasonal forecasting，Anderson said When El Nino hit in 199 1 and 1997200 million people were affected by flooding in China aloneaccording to a 2002 United Nations report While predicting smaller E1 Nino events remains trickythe ability to predict larger ones should be increased to at least a year
14、 if the new method is confirmed E1 Nino tends to develop between April and June and reaches its peak between December and FebruaryThe warming tends to last between 9 and 1 2 months and occurs every two to seven years The new forecasting method does not predict any major El Nino events in the next tw
15、o years, although a weak warming toward the end of this year is possible E1 Nino n厄尔尼诺现象 Equatorial adj赤道的 Occurrence n发生 Meteorologist n气象学家 Offset v抵销 Lead adj提前的 Monsoon n季风 Tricky adj难以捉摸的 练习： 1The method used by the Columbia University researchers can predict E1 Nino a few months in advance ARi
16、ght BWrong CNot mentioned 2. The Columbia University researchers studied the relationship between the past EI Nino occurrences and seasurface temperatures ARight BWrong CNot mentioned 3. The Columbia University researchers are the first to use seasurface temperatures to match the past EI Nino occurrences ARight BWrong CNot mentioned 4. Weares contributi
