中石油职称英语大纲模拟题4

模拟试题四

I. Vocabulary

Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.

1. Nuclear science should be developed to benefit the people __ harm them. A. more than B. better than C. other than D. rather than 2. The football player is hoping to __ to another club.

A. transfer B. transmit C. transform D. transport 3. I'm afraid taking a part time job might __ my time for study.

A. cut off B. cut into C. cut down D. cut away 4. I __ several interesting facts about Mexico in that book.

A. came to B. came into C. came over D. came across 5. It is __ that nowadays fiber is considered to be an important part of a healthy diet. A. serious B. great C. significant D. vital 6. In his poems, he compared his little daughter __ a flower. A. by B. to C. for D. as 7. You can't see through a telescope unless it is __ correctly to your sight. A. adapted B. adopted C. adjusted D. accustomed

8. Our company decided to __ the contract because a number of the conditions in it had not been met. A. destroy B. refuse C. assume D. cancel 9. You needn't go to a hotel, Lucy, Jack and I will gladly __ for the night. A. make you up B. set you up C. put you up D. call you up 10. He finished the paintings __ for the exhibition. A. for some time B. in good time C. from time to time D. time after time 11. Getting up is an everyday __

A. happening B. occurrence C. incident D. event 12. The father lost his __just because his son failed again in the final exam. A. mind B. mood C. passion D. temper 13. He has never felt himself so powerfully___ to the scientific ideal. A. interested B. absorbed C. confident D. attracted 14. Students who pass the test will be __ to the next grade.

A. progressed B. proceeded C. promoted D. proposed 15. This story is not real; it is __.

A. imaginative B. imaginary C. imaginable D. imagining 16. Craing assured his boss that he would ___all his energies in doing this new job. A. call forth B. call at C. call on D. call off 17. Who is __ personnel at present?

A. in the charge of B. under charge of C. under the charge of D. in charge of 18. Safety devices __ in preventing accidents in the workshop.

A. assist B. assure C. assemble D. contribute

19. If you suspect that the illness might be serious you should not __ going to the doctor. A. put off B. hold back C. put aside D. hold up

20. Care should be taken to decrease the length of time that one is ___loud continuous noise. A. subjected to B. filled with C. associated with D. attached to II. Grammatical Structure

Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. 21. It was urgent that he __ her immediately.

A. calls B. called C. call D. would call

22. The medical record shows that it was the drug, not the disease, ___killed him several years ago. A. the effects of which B. the effects of it C. finally D. that 23. ___, it is quite easy to drill a hole in it with a eraser.

A. Hard a diamond is B. Hard as a diamond is C. As a diamond is hard D. How hard is a diamond

24. How many more decades will have to pass __ scientists succeed in providing a cure for cancer? A. when B. since C. before D. until 25. In order to be a good scientist, __.

A. mathematics is vital B. one must master mathematics C. mathematics is important to understand D. one to understand mathematics 26. I would appreciate __ it a secret.

A. your keeping B .that you keep C. you to keep D. that you will keep 27. Like the old, ___respected in our country. A. the female is B. a female is C. the female are D. female is

28. ___bricks, workers press clay into blocks and bake them to the requisite hardness in a kiln. A. Made B. To make C. Being made D. The making of

29. ___on a clear day far from the city crowds, the mountains give him a sense of infinite peace. A. Walking B. When one is walking C. If walking D. When walking 30. Let's go to the movie tonight, __ ?

A. are we B. shall we C. let us D. do we 31. They talked about things and persons __ they remembered in the school. A. who B. which C. that D. what 32. When you __ the test, check your papers before you hand them in. A. will finish B. are finishing C. will have finished D. have finished

33. This candidate has far more chances of winning the election than __ recommended by the organizer. A. that B. the one C. whom D. one 34. If you __ my advice, you __ your failure now. You __ your victory. A. took ... wouldn't cry over ... would celebrate

B. had taken ... wouldn't have cried over ... would have celebrated

C. had taken ... aren't crying over ... are celebrating

D. had taken ... wouldn't be crying over ... would be celebrating 35. ___ , I couldn't find; the way to the post office.

A. However hard I tried B. However I tried hard C. However hard I try D. Whatever I tried hard 36. If ___, we'll stay at home.

A. it'll rain B. it's to rain C. it rains D. it'll be raining 37. Find a seat quickly, ___there won't be any left.

A. if not B. otherwise C. or rather D. or 38. We would like to hear some more ideas. __ this matter? A. What do you think of B. How do you think of C. What is your opinion to D. How is your idea on 39. Scarcely __ now without some sort of incident involving the old lady. A. a day passes B. passes a day C. does a day pass D. has a day passed

40. ___, China's large and medium-sized state enterprises need to improve their management right now. A. As it should be B. As it must be C. As it is D. As it were Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension Section A

Directions: There are 5 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by 4 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.

Questions 41 to 44 are based on the following passage:

It is simple enough to say that since books have classes fiction, biography, poetry--we should separate them and take from each what it is right that each should give us. Yet few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconception when we read, that would be an admirable beginning. Do not dictate to your author; try to become him. Be his fellow worker and accomplice (同谋).

If you hang back, and reserve and criticize at first, you are preventing yourself from getting the fullest possible value from what you read. But if you open your mind as widely as possible, then signs and hints of almost imperceptible finess (委婉之处), from the twist and turn of the first sentences, will bring you into the presence of a human being unlike any other. Steep yourself in this, acquaint yourself with this, and soon you will find that your author is giving you, or attempting to give you, something far more definite. The thirty two chapters of a novel--if we consider how to read a novel first--are an attempt to make something as formed and controlled as a building but words are more impalpable than bricks, reading is a longer and more complicated process than seeing. Perhaps the quickest way to understand the elements of what a novelist is doing is not to read, but to write; to make your own experiment with the dangers and difficulties of words. Recall, then, some event that has left a distinct impression on you--how at the corner of the street, perhaps, you passed two people talking. A tree shook; an electric light danced; the tone of the talk was comic, but also tragic; a whole vision, an entire conception, seemed contained in that moment.

41. What does the author mean by saying \

A. The author means that lots of people read few books.

B. The author thinks that readers have only absorbed part of knowledge in books.

C. The author holds that few people have a proper idea about what content some kind of books should include. D. The author considers that readers can scarcely understand most of the books. 42. According to the passage, which of the following statement is right? A. A reader should find some mistakes when he is reading. B. The more difficult a book is, the more you can get from it. C. To read something is easier than to watch something.

D. One should be in the same track with the writer when he is reading. 43. What is the possible meaning of \ A. Clear. B. Elusive. C. Delicate. D. Precise. 44. What's the main idea of this passage?

A. The importance of reading. B. The proper way to read. C. How to get most from one book. D. The characters of a good book. Questions 45 to 48 are based on the following passage:

It isn't often that an entire industry is symbolized in the figure of a single human being, and such is the case with Canadian aviation and the aircraft industry. The man is the Hon. John A. D. McCurdy, and the life story of this still vigorous, distinguished Canadian is at once and at the same time the thrilling history of aviation's progress in Canada.

It all began one cold February day in 1909 at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, when John McCurdy confounded the critics by flying the Silver Dart, an aircraft designed by himself, for half a mile over the ice of Bras deor Lakes. This was the first powered flight in Canada and the first by a British subject in the Commonwealth. McCurdy gave proof of his flying ability--and of the development and the use of the aileron--by being the first man in the world to execute a figure eight in the air. He became the first to pilot a flying boat, taking off from Long Island Sound. He flew the first airplane to Mexico. In 1911 he had made the longest flight to date, and that over open sea 90 miles from Key West to Havana. He won the first cross country race in Canada 40 miles from Hamilton to Toronto--and he transmitted the first radio message from aircraft.

When World War II came, McCurdy took on board supervisory authority for Canadian aircraft production by serving with the government in various senior positions. Following World War II, McCurdy was honored by being made lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia where he made Canada's first historic flight. He now lives in Montreal with a summer home in Baddeck, site of his first flight.

45. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true about McCurdy? A. He was a Canadian.

B. He is regarded as the symbol of Canadian aviation and aircraft industry. C. He is the first man to finish a figure eight in the air. D. He now lives in Baddeck. 46. The \ A. the name of a weapon B. a plane bought by McCurdy

C. the nickname of a famous Canadian pilot D. a plane designed by McCurdy 47. McCurdy is NOT the first one to __. A. fly in Canada B. pilot a flying boat

C. fly from Key West to Toronto D. fly to Mexico 48. Nowadays, McCurdy __. A. lives in Montreal in summer

B. is the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia C. is still very active and energetic D. is the government's counselor

Questions 49 to 52 are based on the following passage:

In science the meaning of the word \cannot really explain electricity, magnetism, and gravitation; their effects can be measured and predicted, but of their nature no more is known to the modern scientist than to Thales who first looked into the nature of the electrification of amber, a hard yellowish-brown gum.

Most contemporary physicists reject the notion that man can ever discover what these mysterious forces \behave. When we have told how things behave when they are electrified, and under what circumstances they are electrified, we have told all there is to tell.\Until recently scientists would have disapproved of such an idea. Aristotle, for example, whose natural science dominated western thought for two thousand years, believe that man could arrive at an understanding of reality by reasoning form self-evident principles. He felt, for example, that it is a self-evident principle that everything in the universe has its proper place, hence one can deduce that objects fall to the ground because that's where they belong, and smoke goes up because that's where it belongs. The goal of Aristotelian science was to explain why things happen. Modem science was born when Galileo began trying to explain how things happen and thus originated the method of controlled experiment which now forms the basis of scientific investigation.

49. The aim of controlled scientific experiments is __. A. to explain why things happen B. to explain how things happen C. to describe self-evident principles D. to support Aristotelian science

50. What principles most influenced scientific thought for two thousand years? A. The speculations of Thales.

B. The forces of electricity, magnetism, land gravity. C. Aristotle's natural science. D. Galileo's discoveries.

51. Bertrand Russell's notion about electricity is __. A. disapproved of by most modem scientists

B. in agreement with Aristotle's theory of self-evident principles

C. in agreement with scientific investigation directed toward \ D. in agreement with scientific investigation directed toward \ 52. Modem science came into being __.

A. when the method of controlled experiment was first introduced B. when Galileo succeeded in explaining: how things happen C. when Aristotelian scientists tried to explain why things happen

D. when scientists were able to acquire an understanding of reality by reasoning Questions 53 to 56 are based on the following passage:

The U.S. birthrate began to decline in the middle 1950's, resulting in a smaller college age population starting in the middle 1970's. S4 Something else happened in the 1970's: the price of oil increased tremendously, driving up the price of almost everything and making Americans aware that their large automobiles used a lot of gasoline. At the same time, foreign car manufacturers had begun to produce small fuel efficient cars in large quantities for the export market. Suddenly, the large, gas guzzling American cars were no longer attractive to American buyers, who began buying foreign cars by the thousands. The American automobile industry went into a recession. Thousands of automotive workers were laid off, as were thousands of people in industries indirectly connected with the auto industry. People who are laid off tend to keep what money they have for necessities, like food and housing. They do not have the extra money needed to send their children to college. Their children cannot pay their own college costs, because during a recession they cannot find jobs. High unemployment means that more state funds must be used for social service--unemployment benefits and to aid dependent children, for example--than during more prosperous times. It also means, that the states have fewer funds than usual, because people are paying fewer taxes. Institutions of higher education depend on two major sources of income to keep them functioning: tuition from students and funds from the states. At the present time, there are fewer students than in the past and fewer state funds available for higher education. The colleges and universities are in trouble. 53. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. The rising of oil price drove up the price of everything.

B. There were many reasons why higher education was in trouble in the 1970's. C. Birthrate began to decline in the USA in 1950's. D. High unemployment caused a lot of social problems.

54. The phrase \” can best be replaced by which of the following?

A. Poor. B. Got rid of. C. Removed. D. Unemployed. 55. American cars were not popular in their domestic markets because they were___. A. small B. gas consuming C. fuel efficient D. not attractive 56. All of the following statements are true EXCEPT __.

A. Young people couldn't afford their own tuition in the 1970's

B. It's difficult for graduates from colleges to find a job in the 1970's

C. Fewer parents could afford to send their children to college because of the recession in 1970's D. Birthrate dropped in the 1970's because of the recession Questions 57 to 60 are based on the following passage:

It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory. The meanings of thousands of everyday perceptions, the basis for the decisions we make, and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences, which are brought into the present by memory.

Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available for later use. It includes not only \things like arithmetic or historical facts, but also involves any change in the way an animal typically behaves. Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sniffed (嗅出) something suspicious in the grain pile.

Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines. Computers, for example, contain devices for storing data for later use. It is interesting to compare the memory storage capacity of a computer with that of a human being. The instant access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100,000 \of alphabetic or numerical characters--ready for instant use. An average U.S. teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000 words of English. However, this is but a fraction of the total amount of information that the teenager has stored. Consider, for example, the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight.

The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem-solving intelligence of human beings. A large part of a person's memory is in terms of words and combinations of words. But while language greatly expands the number and kind of things a person can remember, it also requires a huge memory capacity. It may well be this capacity that distinguishes humans, setting them apart from other animals. 57. Which of the following is true about memory?

A. It helps us perceive things happening around us every day. B. It is based on the decisions we made in the past. C. It is rooted in our past habits and skills. D. It connects our past experiences with the present.

58. According to the passage, memory is helpful in one's life in the following aspects EXCEPT that___. A. it involves a change in one's behavior B. it keeps information for later use C. it warns people not to do things repeatedly

D. it enables one to remember events that happened in the past

59. What is the major characteristic of man's memory capacity according to the author? A. It can be expanded by language. B. It can remember all the combined words. C. It may keep all the information in the past. D. It may change what has been stored in it.

60. Human beings make themselves different from other animals by___. A. having the ability to perceive danger B. having a far greater memory capacity

C. having the ability to recognize faces and places on sight D. having the ability to draw on past experiences Section B

Directions: There are I0 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. 61 in the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street. Main Street was always in the heart of a town. This street was lined on both sides with many various businesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries. 62 , some shops offered services. These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops. But in the 1950s, a change began to 63 . Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street while too few parking places were 64 shoppers. Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces 65 the city limits. Open space is what their car driving customers needed. And open space is what they got when the first shopping centre was built. Shopping centers, or rather malls, 66 as a collection of small new stores away from crowded city centers. 67 by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from downtown areas to outlying malls. And the growing 68 of shopping centers led in turn to the building of bigger and better stocked stores. 69 the late 1970s, many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves. In addition to providing the 70 of one stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, with benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment.

61. A. As early as B. Early C. Early as D. Earlier 62. A. Apart from B. However C. In addition D. As well

63. A. be taking place B. take place C. be taken place D. have taken place

64. A. available for B. available to C. used by D. ready for 65. A. over B. from C. out of D. outside 66. A. started B. founded C. set up D. organized 67. A. Attracted B. Surprised C. Delighted D. Enjoyed 68. A. distinction B. fame C. popularity D. liking 69. A. By B. During C. In D. Towards 70. A. cheapness B. readiness C. convenience D. handiness IV. Translation

Directions: There are 1 passage in this part of the test. You are to translate the passages into Chinese on your Answer Sheet. 71.

Again, at one time or another, you may have found that all such animals hear. Hunters know that ducks are attracted by artificial calls during hunting seasons, and fishermen emphasize that you should be as quite as possible if you don't want to go home empty handed. Deer hunting will also prove that being quiet on your approach is of utmost importance. Moreover, it seems absurd that birds should sing and frogs croak, if they could not even hear their own voices.

By many experiments, biologists have discovered that practically all animals have some sense of hearing or vibration. Earthworms feel vibrations in the soil, which is why birds often peck the ground sending vibrations into the ground simulating rain drops to lure them to the surface. Male mosquitoes are attracted by the sound of the female, and frogs will respond to a tape recording of their own voices.

Scientists must explore much further for more knowledge about how animals use their ears.

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