1、全國職稱外語級別考試試卷理工類B級第1部分：詞匯選項(xiàng)（第11 5題，每題1分，共15分）下面每個句子中均有1個詞或短語劃有底橫線, 請為每處劃線部分?jǐn)M定1個意義最為接近旳選項(xiàng)。1. She found me very dull.A dirty B sleepy C lazy D boring2. The President made a brief visit to Beijing.A short B working C forma D secret3. He was persuaded to give up the idea.A mention B accept C consider D d

2、rop4. Jack consumes a pound of cheese a day. A eats B drinks C buys D produces5. Mary just told us a very fascinating story.A strange B frightening C difficult D interesting6. Its a gorgeous day anyway.A lovely B cold C normal D rainy7. Her life is becoming more diverse.A generous B humorous C varie

3、d D romantic8. Foreign military aid was prolonging the war.A broadening B worsening C extending D accelerating9. She was unwilling to go but she had no choice. A unable B indecisive C ready D reluctant10. She is slender, with delicate wrists and ankles.A sick B weak C slim D pale11. With immense rel

4、ief, stopped running.A some B enormous C little D extensive12. The scientists began to accumulate data.A collect B handle C analyze D investigate13. Jack eventually overtook the last truck.A hit B passed C reached D led14. Sometimes it is advisable to book hotels in advance.A possible B profitable C

5、 easy D wise15. The reason for their unusual behavior remains a puzzle. A fact B mystery C statement D game第2部分：閱讀判斷（第1622題, 每題1分, 共7分）暫無第3部分：概括大意與完畢句子（第2330題, 每題1分, 共8分）下面旳短文后有2項(xiàng)測試任務(wù)：(1)第2326題規(guī)定從所給旳6個選項(xiàng)中為第25段每段選擇1個最佳標(biāo)題；(2)第2730題規(guī)定從所給旳6個選項(xiàng)中為每個句子擬定1個最佳選項(xiàng)。The Supercomputer Network1Recently, ten labora

6、tories run by governments in different parts of the world have become linked. Their computers have been connected so they can “talk” to each other. This may not seem very dramatic news, but it is the beginning of a development that will increase the power of the Internet tremendously. 2The Internet

7、is an interconnected（互聯(lián)）system of networks that connects computers round the world and facilitates the transmission and exchange of information. The way that you use the Intermit is by accessing this network. This depends on the power that your system allows you to use. The power of your computer is

8、 responsible for how fast you can download（下載）files, how much data you can store, etc. If your computer is old and slow, accessing the information can be very difficult. 3The new development in information technology has been called “the grid” （網(wǎng)格技術(shù)）, and it will be a network of computers that are l

9、inked together. The “grid” will work in a different way from the Internet enabling you to get the power of the biggest computers in the world on your computer. Accessing the information will no longer depend on the power of your computer. The idea is that while you access information, you will also

10、have access to the power of the bigger computer stations. 4One advantage of this revolutionary idea is that geographical location will become irrelevant. The “grid” will decide which are the best parts of a worldwide network to do the job you want. This means that you may be accessing a computer In

11、Japan to solve a problem in Alaska. 5The “grid” can be compared to having an efficient personal assistant. You can gave your assistant a task and “he” will do it for you. The assistant will do the preliminary research, collect the data, compare them and decide on the best course of action by accessi

12、ng any of the computer centers in the “grid” that happen to have the relevant information. Ail you have to do is assign the task, sit back and wait. 6At present, possible applications of the “grid” in scientific research are being explored. While it has taken about fifteen years for Internet use to

13、become widespread, experts believe that the “grid” could be us and running for private individuals far more quickly. Scientists working “grid” projects are convinced that it will be as widely used as the web in the next ten years. A How does the “grid” work?B Power sharedC Just make a requestD Limit

14、ations of present Internet useE Distance is not a problemF A new era for the Internet23 Paragraph 2_24 Paragraph 3_25 Paragraph 4_26 Paragraph 5_27 Traditionally the power of your computer determines how fast you can access_28 The “grid” will enable you to get on your computer the power of_29 The “g

15、rid” would be like_ who can perform your tasks efficiently 30 It is believed that the widespread use of the “grid” will become possible in the next_A the bigger computer stationsB the advantageC ten yearsD informationE your personal assistantF fifteen years第4部分：閱讀理解（第3145題, 每題3分, 共45分）下面有3篇短文, 每篇短文后

16、有5道題。請根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 為每題擬定1個最佳選項(xiàng)。第一篇SunspotsIts not surprising that sunspots（太陽黑子）were observed by ancient astronomers（天文學(xué)家）. The largest soupspoon the sun can be seen without a telescope. It was not until the invention of the telescope（望遠(yuǎn)鏡）in the early 17th century, however, that systematic studies of sun

17、spots could be undertaken. The great astronomer Galileo was among the first to make telescopic observations of sunspots.Sunspots are regions of extremely strong magnetic fields（磁場）found on the suns surface. A sunspot has a dark central core known as the umbra. The umbra is surrounded by a dark ring

18、called the penumbra, where the magnetic field spreads outward. Sunspots appear dark because they are giving off less radiation. They are cooler than the rest of the suns surface. Sunspots are frequently observed in pairs of in paired groups. The members of a spot pair are identified as the leading s

19、pot and the following spot. They are identified by their position in the pair in terms of the direction in Which the sun rotates（旋轉(zhuǎn)）. The number of sunspots at any one time varies. A large spot group may consist of as many as 10 groups and 300 spots across the sun. The number of spots changes in a f

20、airly regular pattern called the sunspot cycle. The largest number occurs about every 11 years. At sunspot minim Lm, there are at most just a few small spots. The average lifetime of an individual spot group is roughly one solar rotation, which is about 25 days. The most persistent large slops, howe

21、ver can survive for two to three months. 31. Careful observations and systematic studies of sunspotsA. were made by ancient astronomers. B. started in the early 17th century.C. were made by Galileo only. D. could be made without a telescope.32. Sunspots are cooler than the rest of the suns surface b

22、ecauseA. they produce less energy. B. they are buried in the sun.C. they are far away from magnetic fields. D. they are close to magnetic fields.33 The leading spot and the following spot are the names ofA. two large sunspots. B. a large spot and a small spot.C. the two spots in a spot pair. D. the

23、central core and the ring around it.34. Infiniteness sunspot activity had occurred in 1857, the next one would have been inA. 1858. B. 1862. C. 1865 D. 186835 In the last paragraph the word persistent meansA. important. B. effective. C. enduring. D. visible.第二篇Where Have All the Bees Gone?Scientists

24、 who study insects have a real mystery on their hands. All across the country, honeybees are leaving their hives（蜂巢）and never returning. Researchers call this phenomenon colony-collapse（群體癱瘓）disorder. It is reposed that 25 to 40 percent of the honeybees in the US have vanished from their hives since

25、 last fall. So far, no one can explain why. Colony collapse is a serious concern because bees play an important role in the production of about one-third of the foods we eat. As they feed, honeybees spread pollen（花粉）from flower to flower. Without this process, a plant cant produce seeds or fruits. N

26、ow, a group of scientists and beekeepers have teamed up to try to figure out whats causing the alarming collapse of so many colonies. They hope to find out whats contributing to the decline and to prevent bee disappearance in the future. It could be that disease is causing the disappearance of the b

27、ees. To explore that possibility, Jay Evans, a researcher at the United States Department of Agriculture（SDA）Bee Research Laboratory, examines bees taken from colonies that are collapsing. “We know what a healthy bee should look like on the inside and we can look for physical signs of disease.” he s

28、ays. And bees from collapsing colonies dont look very healthy. “Their stomachs are worn down compared to the stomachs of healthy bees,” Evans says. It may be that a parasite（寄生蟲）making the bees digestive organs. Their immune（免疫旳）systems may not be working as they should. Moreover, they have high lev

29、els of bacteria inside their bodies.Another cause of colony-collapse disorder may be certain chemicals that farmers apply to kill unwanted insects on crops, says Jerry Hayes, chief bee inspector for the Florida Department of Agriculture. Some studies, he says, suggest that a certain type of insectic

30、ide（殺蟲劑）affects the honeybees newels system and memory. “It seems like honeybees are going out and getting confused about where to go and what to do,” he says. If it turns out that a disease is contributing to colony collapse, bees genes could explain why some colonies have collapsed and others have

31、 not. In any group of bees there are many different kinds of genes. The more different genes a group has, the higher the groups genetic diversity. So far scientists havent determined the role of genetic diversity in colony collapse, but its a promising theory, says Evans. 36. What is the mystery tha

32、t researchers find hard to explain? A. Honeybees are flying all across the country. B. Half of the honeybees in the US have died. C. Honeybees are leaving their hives and do not return. D. Honeybee hives are in disorder. 37. Researchers are seriously concerned with the phenomenon of colonycollapse d

33、isorder because A. honeybees help produce one-third of the foods we eat B. parasites on bees may spread everywhere. C. honeybees cannot find enough food elsewhere. D. honeybees feed on flowers. 38. Which of the following is a possible cause of the colony-collapse disorder? A. Population explosion. B

34、. Decreasing number of flowers around. C. Genetically modified products. D. Diseases and chemicals. 39. Which of the following explanations is given by Jerry Hayes to the phenomenon? A. Bee-keepers do not understand the honeybees behavior. B. A certain type of chemical destroys the honeybees newels

35、system. C. Honeybees are infected by unwanted insects. D. Some crops are poisonous to the honeybees. 40. The word “diversity in the last paragraph means A. variety. B. makeup. C. disorder. D. distinction. 第三篇A Tale of Scottish Rural LifeLewis Grasses Gibbons Sunset Song (1932) was voted “the best Sc

36、ottish novel of all time” by Scotlands reading public in . Once considered shocking for its frank description of aspects of the lives of Scotlands poor rural farmers, it has been adapted for stage, film, TV and radio in recent decades. The novel is set on the fictional estate of Kin Addie, in the fa

37、rming country of the Scottish northwest in the years up to and beyond World War I. At its heart is the story of Chris, who is both part of the community and a little outside it. Grasses Gibbon gives us the most detailed and intimate account of the life of his heroine（女主人公）. We watch her grow through

38、 a childhood dominated by her cruel but hardworking father；experience tragedy(her mothers suicide and murder of her twin children); and learn about her feelings as she grows into a woman. We see her marry, Lose her husband, then marry again. Chris has seemed so convincing a figure to some female rea

39、ders that they cannot, believe that she is the creation of a man. But it would be misleading to suggest that this book is just about Chris. It is truly a novel of a place and its people. Its opening section tells of Kin Addies long history, in a language that imitates the places changing patterns of

40、 speech and writing. The story itself is amazingly full of characters and incidents. It is told from Chris point of view but also from that of the gossiping community, a community where everybody knows everybody elses business and nothing is ever forgotten. Sunset Song has a social theme too. It is

41、concerned with what Grasses Gibbon perceives as the destruction of traditional Scottish rural life first by modernization and then by World War I. Gibbon tried hard to show how certain characters resist the war. Despite this, the war takes the young men away, a number of them to their deaths. In par

42、ticular, it takes away Chris husband, Evan Avondale. The war finally kills Evan, but not in the way his widow is told, In fact. The Germans arent responsible for his death, but his own side. He is shot because he is said to have run away from a battle. If the novel is about the end of one way of lif

43、e it also looks ahead. It is a “Sunset Song” but is concerned too with the new Kin Addie, indeed of the new European world. Grasses Gibbon went on to publish two other novels about the place that continue its story. 41. What is Sunset Song mainly about? A. The First World War. B. The beauty of the s

44、unset. C. The new European world. D. The lives of rural Scottish farmers42. Which statement is NOT true of Chris? A. She is the heroine of Sunset Song. B. She had a miserable childhood. C. She is the creation of man. D. She married only once.43. What is the opening section of the novel mainly concer

45、ned with? A .The climate of Kin Addie. B. The history of Kin Addie. C. The geography of Kin Addie. D. The language spoken in Kin Addie. 44. Who killed Chris husband, Evan? A. His own troops. B. The French army C. The Germans. D. The Russian soldiers. 45. The word “Sunset” in the title of this novel

46、most probably means A. the end of the heroines life. B. the end often story. C. the end of the traditional way of life. D. the end of the day. 第5部分：補(bǔ)全短文（第4650題，每題2分，共10分）下面旳短文有5處空白，短文后有6個句子，其中5個取自短文，請根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容將其分別放回原有位置，以恢復(fù)文章原貌。Rising Tuition in the USEvery spring, US university administrators gather t

47、o discuss the next academic years budget. They consider faculty salaries, utility costs for dormitories, new building needs and repairs to old ones. They run the numbers and concludeit seems, inevitably that, yet again, the cost of tuition must go up. According to the USs College Board, the price of

48、 attending a four-year private university in the US rose 81 percent between and , the numbers continued to rise in 1993 and . _(46)According to university officials, college cost increases are simply the result of balancing university checkbooks. “Tuition increases at Cedarville University are deter

49、mined by our revenue needs for each year,” said the universitys president, Dr Bill Brown. “Student tuition pays for 78 percent of the universitys operating costs.” Browns school is a private university that enrolls about 3, 1 00 undergrads and is consistently recognized by annual college ranking gui

50、des like US News and World Reports and The Princeton Reviews. _(47) Tuition at private universities is set by administration officials and then sent for approval to the schools board of trustees （監(jiān)管）all of a states public institutions. John Durham, assistant secretary（董事）_ (48) This board oversees t

51、o the board of trustees at East Carolina University(ECU), explains that state law says that public institutions must make their services available whenever possible to the people of the state for free. Durham said that North Carolina residents only pay 22 percent of the cost of their education. _(49

52、)State residents attending ECU pay about us$10, 000 for tuition room and board before financial aid. Amid the news about continued increases in college costs, however, there is some good news. Tuition increases have been accompanied by roughly equal increases in financial aid at almost every univers

53、ity. To receive financial aid, US students complete a formal application with the federal government. The federal government then decides whittler an applicant is eligible（有資格旳）for grants or loans._(50)A. The application is then sent to the students university, where the school itself will decide wh

54、ether free money will be given to the student and how muchB. At public universities, however, tuition increases must also be approved by a state education committee, sometimes called the board of governorsC. The school currently charges US$23,410 a year for tuition.D. Many American people are simply

55、 unable to pay the growing cost of foodE. Thats more than double the rate of inflation.F. The state government covers the rest第6部分：完形填空（第5165題, 每題1分, 共15分）下面旳短文有15處空白, 請根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容為每處空白擬定1個最佳選項(xiàng)。Paper or Plastic?Take a walk along the Chesapeake Bay, and you are likely to see plastic bags floating in the w

56、ater. They have made their_(51)into local waterways and, from there, into the bay, where they can_(52)wildlife. Piles of them show up in landfills（垃圾填埋地）and on city streets. Plastic bags also take an environmental toll（代價）in the_(53)of millions of barrels of oil expended every year to produce them.

57、Enter Annapolis and you will see plastic bags_(54)free in department stores and supermarkets. Alderman（市議員）Sam Shoeshine has introduced a well-meaning_(55)to ban retailers from distributing plastic shopping bags up Marylands capital. Instead, retailers would be required to _ (56) recycled paper and to sell reusable bags. The city of Baltimore is _(57)a similar