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2015年职称英语等级考试《综合类》B级真题

1.I will not tolerate that sort of behavior in my class.

A.accept

B.control  

C.observe

D.regulate

参考答案：A

2.The organization was bold enough to face the press.

A.pleased

B.powerful

C.brave

D.sensible

参考答案：C

3.She’s extremely competent and industrious.

A.honest

B.hardworking

C.objective

D.independent

参考答案：B

4.Most people find rejection hard to accept.

A.excuse

B.client

C.refusal

D.destiny

参考答案：C

5.These products are inferior to those we brought last year.

A.narrower than

B.lager than

C.richer than

D.poorer than

参考答案：D

6.I realized to my horror that I had forgotten the present.

A.fear

B.limit

C.power

D.fool

参考答案：A

7.The law carries a penalty of up to three years in prison.

A.messsage

B.tempt

C.supply

D.punishment

参考答案：D

8.We were attracted by the lure of quick money.

A.amount

B.tempt

C.supply

D.sum

参考答案：B

9.There was a simultaneous trail taking place in the next building.

A.fair

B.coexisting

C.full

D.public

参考答案：B

10.The doctors did not reveal the truth to him.

A.disclose

B.hide

C.handle

D.establish

参考答案：A

11.The political situation in the region has deteriorated rapidly.

A.improved

B.changed

C.developed

D.worsened

参考答案：D

12.They’re petitioning for better facilities for the disabled on public transport.

A.requesting

B.planning

C.preparing

D.looking

参考答案：A

13. He said some harsh words about his brother.

A. proper

B. normal

C. unclear

D. unkind

参考答案：D

14. He tried to assemble his thoughts.

A.clear

B.share

C. spare

D. gather

参考答案：D

15. Prisoners were kept in the most appalling conditions.

A.flexible

B. reasonable

C. terrible

D.serious

参考答案：C

31.The biggest earthquake took place in Britan.

A.in 1580 B.in 2002

C. in 2007 D. in 1931

32.The word “collapsed”in Paragraph 4 most probably means

A.flew off B.fell apart

C.shook up D.blew out

33.The pharse “this scale” in Paragraph 6 refers to

A.4.8-magnitude quake. B.5.8 on the Richter scale.

C.4.3- magnitude quake. D.6.1 on the Richter scale.

34.The following statements are true EXCEPT

A.the quake caused a power failure in Kent County

B. the quake was centered under the Channel Tunnel

C.the tremor lasted for 10-15 seconds.

D.people in Canterbury felt strong quake.

35.It can be learnt from the last paragraph that

A.another earthquake is predicted to occur in England.

B.moderate earthquakes often strike London in the history.

C. earthquake warning system of Britain cam predict the ma

D.the French also felt the earthquake taking place on 28

36.The Gardners’ experiment with Washoe

A.began in 1989.

B.influenced primate research

C.won a big prize.

D.lasted three years.

37.The second paragraph mainly discusses

A.the whole directions of primate research.

B.a report about Washoe ‘s process in learning sign language

C.new primate researches conducted by many language scientists.

D.an experiment with Washoe at a rearch center in Africa.

38.The Gardners’ experiment with Washoe was criticized because she could

A.just ask some simple questions.

B.only memorize about 250 words.

C.only copy teachers’ sign language.

D.just repeat short sentence.

39.According to the passage,which of the following is true?

A.Roger Fouts taught sign language to three younger chimpanzees.

B. Washoe was the first chimp to use American Sign Language.

C.A chimpanzee died of natural causes in Africa at a research center.

D.Nowadays there are still lots of scientists experiments with

chimpanzees.

40.We can draw a conclusion from the last paragraph that

A.whether chimps can learn a human language remains unanswer

B.primates have the ability to speak a human language.

C.animals can’t learn a human sign language.

D. Washoe is as intelligent as humans.

41.What is the main idea of this passage?

A.Farmers are changing the way they grow coffee.

B.Coffee is becoming more expensive to produce.

C.Shade-grown coffee is more expensive than sun-grown coffee.

D.People should buy shade-grown coffee.

42.The function of the word“Traditionally”in Paragraph 2 is to show

A.the positive effects of coffee.

B.a change of coffee grown.

C.how coffee production used to be.

D.something that is the most important.

43.What does increased production of full-sun coffee bring about?

A.Higher profits.

B.More insects.

C.Better quality coffee.

D.lager farms.

44.How do farmers find more land for growing full-sun coffee?

A.They buy more land from other farmers.

B. They move to another country.

C. They cut down trees.

D. They turn grassland into farmland.

45. The full-sun method may affect the following EXCEPT

A.insects.

B.air.

C.birds.

D.humans.

第五部分：补全短文

Saving a City's Public Art

Avoiding traffic jams in Los Angeles may be impossible, but the city's colorful freeway murals(壁画)can brighten even the worst commute. Paintings that depict(描述)famous people and historical scenes cover office buildings and freeway walls all access the city. With a collection of more than 2,000 murals, Los Angeles is the unofficial mural capital of the world.

But the combination of graffiti(涂鸦), pollution, and hot sun has left many L.A. murals in terrible condition. _____(46)in the past, experts say, little attention was given to caring for public art. Artists were even expected to maintain their own works, not an easy task with cars racing by along the freeway.

_____(47)The work started in 2003. So far, 16 walls have been selected and more may be added later.

Until about 1960, public murals in Los Angeles were rare. But in the 1960s and 1970s, young L.A. artists began to study early 20th-century Mexican mural painting_____(48)

The most famous mural in the city is Judith Baca's "The Great Wall," a 13-foot-high(4-meter-high)painting that runs for half a mile (0.8 kilometer) in North Hollywood, _____(49)it took eight years to complete—400 underprivileged teenagers painted the designs—and is probably the longest mural in the world.

One of the murals that will be restored now is Kent Twitchell's "Seventh Street Altarpiece." which he painted for the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. _____ (50) Twitchell said, "it was meant as a kind of gateway through which the traveler to L.A. must drive. The open hands represent peace."

Artists often call murals the people's art. Along a busy freeway or hidden in a quiet neighborhood, murals can teach people who would never pay money to see fine art in a museum, "Murals give a voice to the silent majority," said one artist.

A.The city trying to stop the spread of graffiti, has painted over some of the murals complete. 　　B.This striking work depicts two people facing each other on opposite sides of the freeway near downtown Los Angeles.

C.Artists like murals because they like the work of Mexican artists.

D.Now the city is beginning a huge project to restore the city's murals.

E.The mural represents the history of ethnic groups in California.

F.Soon, their murals became a symbol of the city's cultural expressions and a showcase for L.A.'s cultural diversity.

第六部分：完形填空 The Internet House

A leading British building and design company has just announced their plans for the home of the future.The new design, (51) as the “Internet House”,has five bedrooms,plenty of bathrooms,plenty of bathrooms and a double garage.But these are not the main selling (52) ,for it is the 25,000 (53) of automation that makes this house really different.

It will be (54) for people who have plenty of money,but not a great (55) of time;young professionals in other words.They are likely to be (56) the idea of a microwave that provides easy-to-cook (57 via the Internet and a cooker that switches itself on or off at a command received via e-mail.

All the electrical appliances in the house, (58 the heating and lighting controls,are linked together (59) means of a gadget (小装置)called a “router”.Using what’s called a “Webpad”,a kind of portable lap-top computer,the owners of the house tap in commands from (60 )they may be.The Webpad (61) a signal to the router,which (62) the message and then activates the necessary controls.On the way home at night,for example,the owners can switch on the the lights or (63) the central heating working,and so (64) sure that they have a nice warm welcome when they (65) into their home.

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