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1、职称英语理工AB考试模拟题 减小字体 增大字体第1部分 词汇选择(第1-15题,每题1分,共15分, 建议10分钟以内完毕)下面共有15句子,每个句子均有一种词或短语划有底横线,请从每个句子背面所给的四个选项中选择一种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。1. The committee comprises five persons.A) absorbs B)concernsC) excludes D)involves2. We derive (B)knowledge mainly from booksA)deprive (B) B) obtainC) descend
2、 D)trace3. The room was furnished (B) with the simplest essentials, a bed, a chair, and a tableA)supplied B) gatheredC)grasped D)made4. The local government decided to merge (B)the two firms into a big one.A)motivate B) combineC)compact D)nominate5. He emphasized a feasible (B)plan which can be acce
3、pted by the both sides.A)favorable B) possibleC)formal D)genuine6. When does the next train depart(B)?A)pull up B) pull downC)pull out D)pull in7. Because administering (B)the whole company, he sometimes has to work around the clock. A)adjusting B) evaluatingC)engaging D)managing8. The town is notab
4、le (A)for its beautiful scenery in winter. A)similar B) promptC)profound (B) D)famous9 He is assigned to oversee (A)the production of the assembly lines. A)supervise B) watchC)suspect D)predict10 Soldiers have to obey (A)orders.A)reply to B) apply forC)abide with (A) D)comply with (A)11. The adverti
5、sing company was surprised by the adverse(A) public reaction to the poster.A) delayed B)quickC) positive D) unfavorable12. It is said that the house along the street will soon be demolished(A).A) pulled down B) rebuiltC) renovated D) whitewashed13. In his two-hour-long lecture he made an exhaustive
6、(A)analysis of the issue.A) extremely thorough B) long and strongC) crazy D) unconvincing14. These are our motive (B)for doing it.A) reasons B) argumentsC) targets D) stimulus (A)15. Do you think there is any likelihood (A)of his agreeing to it?A) respect B) occasionC) prospect D) anticipation第二部分:阅
7、读判断(每题1分,共七分,建议分钟以内完毕)阅读下面这篇短文,短文后列出了七个句子,请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断。如果该句提供的是对的信息,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 m
8、ethod call predict large E1 Nino events up to two years in advanceThat 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 sea-surface temperatures t
9、o later El Nino occurrences between 1980 and and were then able to anticipate E1 Nino events dating back to1857, using prior sea-surface 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
10、 the University of California, 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
11、 models also use sea-surface temperatures, 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
12、 billion in damage worldwide,offset 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 C
13、hina。prompting the development 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 United Nations report While predicting smaller E1 Nino events remains trickythe ability to predict larger ones should be in
14、creased to at least a year 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 two years, although a weak warming toward the end of this year is possibleE1 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 t