2005年职称英语考试综合类(B级)试题、答案
综合类(B级)试题
第1部分：词汇选项 (第1～15题，每题1分，共15分)
下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语画有底横线，请从每个句子后面所
给的4个选项中选择1个与画线部分意义最相近的词或短语。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的
位置上。
1 It is obvious that he will win the game．
A likely B possible
C clear D probable
2 The earth moves around the sun．
A before B round
C after D over
3 Did anyone call when l was out?
A everyone
C nobody
B someone
D anybody
4 It took us a long time to mend the house．
A build B destroy
C design D repair
5 I don’t quite follow what she is saying．
A observe B understand
C explain D describe
6 We can no longer tolerate his actions．
A put up with B accept
C take D receive
7 Loud noises can be irritating．
A hateful B painful
C stimulating D annoying
8 In the background was that eternal hum
A long B never-ending
C boring D extensive
9 The Constitution’s vague nature has given it the flexibility to be adapted when
circumstances change
A imprecise B apparent
C clear D easy
10Gambling is lawful in Nevada．
A enjoyable B irresistible
C legal D profitable
11These are the motives for doing it
A reasons B excuses
C answers D replies
12The river widens considerably as it begins to turn west
A extends B stretches
C broadens D bends
13 Many economists have given in to the fatal lure of mathematics．
A error B puzzle
C attraction D contradiction
14 With immense relief I stopped running．
A no B little
C scarce D enormous
15 A great deal has been done to remedy the situation
A maintain B improve
C preserve D protect
第2部分：阅读判断 (第16—22题，每题1分，共7分)
阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断。
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。
They Say Ireland’s the Best
Ireland is the best place in the world to live in for 2005．according to a life quality ranking that appeared in Britain’s Economist magazine last week．
The ambitious attempt to compare happiness levels around the world is based on the
principle that wealth is not the only measure of human satisfaction and well-being．
The index of 111countries uses data on incomes,health,unemployment,climate,political
stability,job security，gender equality as well as what the magazine calls“freedom，family and
community 1ife”
Despite the bad weather, troubled health service，traffic congestion(拥挤)，gender inequality and the high cost of living．Ireland scored an impressive 8．33 Points out 0f 10．
That put it well ahead of second-place Switzerland．which managed 8．07．Zimbabwe．
troubled by political insecurity and hunger, is rated the gloomiest(最差的)，picking up only 3．89points．
“Although rising incomes and increased individual choices are highly valued．”the report said，"some of the factors associated with modernization such as the breakdown(崩溃)in
traditional institutions and family values in part take away from a positive impact．”
“Ireland wins because it successfully combines the most desirable elements of the new
with the preservation of certain warm elements of the old，such as stable family and community life”
The magazine admitted measuring quality of life is not a straightforward thing to do，and that its findings would have their critics．
No．2 on the 1ist is Switzerland．The other nations in the top 10 are Norway．Luxembourg．
Sweden,Australia，Iceland，Italy,Denmark and Spain．
The UK is positioned at No．29,a much lower position chiefly because of the social and
family breakdown recorded in official statistics．The US，which has the second highest per capita
GDP(人均国内生产总值)after Luxembourg，took the 13th place in the survey China was in the
Lower half of the league at 60th
16 For 2，005 years，Ireland has been the best place for humans to live in
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
17 Job security is the least important measure of life quality
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
18 Cost of living in Ireland is pretty high
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
19 Family life in Zimbabwe is not stable
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
20 Ireland is positioned at No 1 because it combines the most desirable elements of the new
with some good elements of the old
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
2l To measure life quality is easy．
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
22 The United States of America is among the top 10 countries．
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
第3部分：概括大意与完成句子 (第23~30题，每题1分，共8分)
阅读下面这篇短文，短文后有2项测试任务：(1)第23~26题要求从所给的6个选项
中为第2—5段每段选择1个正确的小标题；(2)第27~30题要求从所给的6个选项中选
择4个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
Even Intelligent People Can Fail
1 The striking thing about the innovators who succeeded in making our modern world is how
often they failed．Turn oil a light，take a photograph，watch TV,search the web，jet across the
Pacific Ocean．talk on a cellphone(手机)．The innovators who left us these things had to find the
way to success through a maze(错综复杂)of wrong turns．
2 We have just celebrated the 125th anniversary of American innovator Thomas Edison’s
success in heating n thin line to white，hot heat for 14 hours in his lab in New Jersey，US．He did
that on October 22．1879．and followed up a month later by keeping a thread of common
cardboard alight(点亮着的)in an airless space for 45 hours．Three years later he went on to light
up half a square mile of downtown Manhattan，even though only one of the six power plants in
his design worked when he turned it on，on September 4，1882．
3 “Many of 1ife’S failures”the supreme innovator said．“are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up”Before that magical moment in October 1879．
Edison had worked out no fewer than 3．000 theories about electric light．But in only two cases did
his experiments work．
4 N0 one likes failure，but the smart innovators learn from it．Mark Gumz．the head of the
camera maker Olympus America Inc．attributes some of the company’S successes in technology
to understanding failure．His popular phrase is：“You only fail when you quit”
5 0ver two centuries,the most common quality of the innovators has been persistence That is
another way of saying they had the emotional ability to keep up what they were doing．Walt
Disney,the founder of Disneyland，was so broke after a succession of financial failures that he
was left shoeless in his office because he could not afford the US$1．50 to get his shoes from the
repair shop．Pioneering Car maker Henry Ford failed with one company and was forced out of
another before he developed the Model T Car．
6 Failure is harder to bear in today’s open,accelerated world．Hardly any innovation works
the first time But an impatient society and the media want instant success When American
music and movie master David Geffen had a difficult time，a critic said nastily that the only
difference between Geffen Records (Geffen’s company)and the Titanic(the ship that went down) was that the Titanic had better music．Actually，it wasn’t．After four years of 10sses．Geffen had so many hits(成功的作品)he could afford a ship as big as the Titanic all to himself．