全國職稱英語等級考試理工類（C級）真題及答案

第1部分：詞匯選項（第1～15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，請為每處劃線部分確定1個意義最為靠近旳選項。

1I'dverymuchliketoknowwhatyouraiminlifeis.

Athought

B

idea

Cgoal

D

plan

2Thepolicemenactedquicklybecauseliveswereatstake

Aindanger

B

indifficulty

Cindespair

D

outofcontrol

3Practicallyallanimalscommunicateeitherthroughsoundsorthroughsoundlesscodes.

A

Certainly

BProbably

C

Almost

DAbsolutely

4MaryrarelyspeakstoSusan.

Aslowly

B

seldom

Cweakly

D

constantly

5I'mworkingwithaguyfromLondon

Ateacher

B

student

Cfriend

D

man

6You'dbetterputthesedocumentsinasafeplace

Adark

B

secure

Cguarded

D

banned

7Thecourageousboyhasbeenthesubjectofmassivemediacoverage.

Aextensive

B

continuous

Cinstant

D

quick

8Thetownisfamousforitsmagnificentbuildings

Ahigh-rise

B

modern

Cancient

D

splendid

9Thegreatchangeofthecityastonishedallthevisitors.

Asurprised

B

scared

Cexcited

D

moved

10Jackpackedupallthethingshehadaccumulatedoverthelasttenyears.

Afuture

B

far

Cpast

D

near

11Wouldyoupleasecallmyhusbandassoonaspossible？

Avisit

B

phone

Cconsult

D

invite

12Wehadalongconversationaboutherparents

Aspeech

B

question

Ctalk

D

debate

13Thechairmanproposedthatwestopthemeeting.

Astated

B

announced

Cdemanded

D

suggested

14Obviouslythesepeoplecanbereliedoninacrisis.

Alivedon

B

dependedon

Cbelievedin

D

joinedin

15ThereisalwaysexcitementattheOlympicGameswhenanathletebreaksarecord

Abeats

B

maintains

Cmatches

D

tries

第2部分：閱讀判斷（第16～22題，每題1分，共7分）

下面旳短文后列出了7個句子，請根據短文旳內容對每個句子做出判斷：假如該句提供旳是對旳信息，請選擇A；假如該句提供旳是錯誤信息，請選擇B；假如該句旳信息文中沒有提及，請選擇C.

RadiocarbonDating

Nowadaysscientistscananswermanyquestionsaboutthepastthroughatechniquecalledradiocarbon（放射性碳），orcarbon-14，dating.Onekeytounderstandinghowandbysomethinghappenedistodiscoverwhenithappened.

Radiocarbondatingwasdevelopedinthelate1940sbyphysicistWillardF.LibbyatheUniversityofChicago.Anatomofordinarycarbon，calledcarbon-12，hassixprotons（中子）andsixneutrons（質子）initsnucleus.Carbon-14，orC-14，isaradioactive，unstableformofcarbonthathastwoextraneutrons（原子核）。Itreturnstoamorestableformofcarbonthroughaprocesscalleddecay（衰減）。Thisprocessinvolvesthelossofheextraneutronsandenergyfromthenucleus.

InLibby'sradiocarbondatingtechnique，theweakradioactiveemissions（放射）fromhisdecayprocessarecountedbyinstrumentssuchasaradiationdetectorandcounter.HedecayrateisusedtodeterminetheproportionofC-14atomsinthesamplebeingdated.

Carbon-14isproducedintheEarth'satmospherewhennitrogen（氮）-14，orN-14，

interactswithcosmicrays（宇宙射線）。ScientistsbelievesincetheEarthwasformed，themountofnitrogenintheatmospherehasremainedconstant.Consequently，C-14formationisthoughttooccurataconstantrate.NowtheratioofC-14toothercarbontomsintheatmosphereisknown.Mostscientistsagreethatthisratioisusefulfordatingitemsbacktoatleast50，000years.

AlllifeonEarthismadeoforganicmolecules（分子）thatcontaincarbonatomscomingfromtheatmosphere.SoalllivingthingshaveaboutthesameratioofC-14

atomstoothercarbonatomsintheirtissues（組織）。Onceanorganism（有機體）diesittopstakingincarboninanyform，andtheC-14alreadypresentbeginstodecay.OvertimetheamountofC-14inthematerialdecreases，andtheratioofC-14toothercarbontomsgoesdown.Intermsofradiocarbondating，thefewerC-14atomsinasample，theolderthatsampleis.

16Nowadaysmanyscientistsdependonradiocarbonfordatingage-oldobjects

A

Right

BWrong

C

Notmentioned

17Theradiocarbondatingtechniqueisonlyabout40yearsold

A

Right

BWrong

C

Notmentioned

18Anatomofordinarycarbonhassixprotonsandeightneutrons

A

Right

BWrong

C

Notmentioned

19Radarisusedtodeterminethecharacteristicsofradiocarbon.

A

Right

BWrong

C

Notmentioned

20Radiocarbonisreliableindatinganobjectbacktoatleast50，000years.

A

Right

BWrong

C

Notmentioned

21Whenanorganismdies，theC-14initbeginstodecay.

A

Right

BWrong

C

Notmentioned

22Thehalf-lifeofC-14isabout25，000years.

A

Right

BWrong

C

Notmentioned

第3部分：概括大意與完畢句子（第23～30題，每題1分，共8分）

下面旳短文后有2項測試任務：（1）第23～26題規定從所給旳6個選項中為第1～4段每段1選擇個最佳標題；（2）第27～30題規定從所給旳6個選項中為每個確定1個最佳選項。

MeetYourMemory

1Memoryissomethingthatcannotbeseen，touchedorweighed.Itisthoughttobeabstract.Itisasetofskillsratherthananobject.Neitheristhereasinglestandardforjudgingagoodorpoormemory.Thereareanumberofdifferentwaysinwhichapersonmayhavea'good'memory.

2Memoryisgenerallyviewedasconsistingofthreestages：（1）acquisitionreferstolearningthematerial；（2）storagereferstokeepingthematerialinthebrainuntilitisneeded；and（3）retrieval（提取）referstogettingthematerialbackoutwhenitisneeded.

3Memoryconsistsofatleasttwodifferentprocesses：short-termmemoryandlong-termmemory.Short-termmemoryhasalimitedcapacityandarapidforgettingrate.Itscapacitycanbeincreasedbychunking（構成大塊），orgroupingseparatebitsofinformationintolargerchunks.Long-termmemoryhasanalmostunlimitedcapacity.

4Onemeasureofmemoryisrecall，whichrequiresyoutoproduceinformationbysearchingthememoryforit.Inaidedrecall，youaregivencues（提醒）tohelpyouproducetheinformation.Infree-recalllearningyourecallthematerialinanyorder；inseriallearningyourecallitintheorderitwaspresented；andinpaired-associatelearningyoulearnpairsofwordssothatwhenthefirstwordisgivenyoucanrecallthesecondword.Asecondmeasureofmemoryisrecognition，inwhichyoudonothavetoproducetheinformationfrommemory，butmustbeabletoidentifyitwhenitispresentedtoyou.Inathirdmeasureofmemory，relearning，thedifferencebetweenhowlongittooktolearnthematerialthefirsttimeandhowlongittakestolearnitagainindicateshowmuchyouremember.Relearningisgenerallyamoresensitivemeasureofmemorythanisrecognitionbecauserelearningshowsretention（保持）whilerecognitiondoesnot.Recognitionisgenerallyamoresensitivemeasurethanrecall.

23Paragraph1

24Paragraph2

25Paragraph3

26Paragraph4

AWhydoweforgetthings？

BHowdowemeasurememory？

CWhatarethestagesmemoryconsistsof？

DWhatisthedifferencebetweenshort-termmemoryandlong-termmemory？

EWhatismemory？

FWhomayhaveapoormemory？

27Rememberinginvolvesgettingthematerialbackoutwhenitis

28Groupingbitsofinformationintolargerchunkshelpsimprovethecapacityof

our

29Long-termmemoryhasanalmostunlimitedcapacityanda

30Asameasureofmemory，relearningismoresensitivethan

Ashort-termmemory

Brelearning

Cneeded

Dcoded

Erecognition

Fslowforgettingrate

第4部分：閱讀理解（第31～45題，每題3分，共45分）

下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道題。請根據短文內容，為每題確定1個最佳選項。

第一篇

LightNight，DarkStars

Thousandsofpeoplearoundtheglobestepoutsidetogazeattheirnightsky.Onaclearnight，withnoclouds，moonlight，orartificiallightstoblocktheview，peoplecanseemorethan14，000starsinthesky，saysDennisWard，anastronomer（天文學家）withtheUniversityCorporationforAtmosphericResearch（UCAR）inBoulder，Colo.Butwhenpeoplearesurroundedbycitylights，hesays，they'reluckytosee150stars.

Ifyou'veeverdriventowardabigcityatnightandseenitsglowfromagreatdistance，you'vewitnessedlightpollution.Itoccurswhenlightfromstreetlights，office（照亮）thenightbuildings，signs，andothersourcesstreamsintospaceandilluminates~sky.Thishaze（朦朧）oflightmakesmanystarsinvisibletopeopleonEarth.Evenatnight，bigcitieslikeNewYorkglowfromlightpollution，makingstargazingdifficult.

Dustandparticlesofpollutionfromfactoriesandindustriesworsentheeffectsoflightpollution.“Ifonecityhasalotmorelightpollutionthananother，”Wardsays，“thatcitywillsuffertheeffectsoflightpollutiononamuchgreaterscale.”

Hazyskiesalsomakeitfarmoredifficultforastronomerstodotheirjobs.

Citiesaregettinglarger.Suburbsaregrowinginoncedark，ruralareas.Lightfromallthisnewdevelopmentisincreasinglyobscuring（使變模糊）thefaint（微弱旳）lightgivenoffbydistantstars.Andifscientistscan'tlocatetheseobjects，theycan'tlearnmoreaboutthem.

Lightpollutiondoesn'tonlyaffectstarvisibility.Itcanharmwildlifetoo.It'sclearthatartificiallightcanattractanimals，makingthemgooffcourse.There'sincreasingevidence，forexample，thatmigrating（遷徙）birdsusesunsetsandsunrisestohelpfindtheirway，saysSydneyGauthreauxJr.，ascientistatClemsonUniversityinSouthCarolina.“Whenlightoccursatnight，”hesays，“ithasaverydisruptive（破壞性旳）influence.”Sometimesbirdsflyintolightedtowers，high-rises，andcablesfromradioandtelevisiontowers.Expertsestimatethatmillionsofbirdsdiethiswayeveryyear.

31Onaclearnight，peoplecansee

A150stars.

Bhundredsofstars.

Conethousandstars.

Dmorethan14，000stars.

32Lightpollutionoccurswhen

Aartificiallightsilluminatethenightsky.

Bthemoonlightsupthenightsky.

Ctoomanystarsarevisibleinthenightsky

Dstreetlightsareturnedoff.

33Nowadaysevensuburbsarebecomingunsuitableforscientiststodotheirjobsbecause

Athenightskythereistoodark.

Btheoncedarkareasarealsopollutedbylights.

Ctheseareasarenotpollutedbychemicals.

Dtheseareasarelessdeveloped.

34Howdoeslightpollutionaffectwildlife？

AAnimalsmaygooffcourse.

BIthelpsmigratingbirdsfindtheirhomes.

CAnimalsareafraidtogooutaftersunset.

DIthelpsbirdsfallasleep.

35Thetitle“LightNight，DarkStars”means

Athenightskyisbrightlylitupandstarsareblack.

Blightsappearatnightandstarsareseeninthedark.

Ccitylightsatnightilluminatestarsinthesky.

Dcitylightsilluminatethenightsky，makingstarsinvisible

第二篇

ShoppingatSecond-handClothingStores

When33-year-oldPeteBarthwasincollege，shoppingatsecond-handclothingstoreswasjustsomethinghedid-“likechangingthetiresonhiscar.”Helookedathisbudget，anddecidedhecouldsavealotofmoneybyshoppingforclothesatthriftshops.

“Evennewclothesarefairlydisposable（用后即丟掉旳）andwearoutafteracoupleofyears，”Barthsaid.“Inthriftshops，youcanfindsomegreatstuffwhosequalityisbetterthannewclothes.”

Sincethen，Barth，whoworksataGoodwillthriftshopintheUSstateofFlorida，hasfoundthatthereareallkindsofreasonsforshoppingforsecond-handclothing.Somepeoplelikehim，shoptosavemoney.Someshopforacrazy-lookingshirt.Andsomehopasameansofconservingenergyandhelpingtheenvironment.

PatAkins，anaccountantataFloridaSalvationArmy（SA）（救世軍）thriftshop，saidhat，forher，shoppingatthriftshopsisawaytohelptheenvironment.

“Whenmydaughterwaslittle，welookedatitasrecycling，”Akinssaid.“Also，whyay30dollarsforanewcoatwhenyoucangetanotheroneforalotless？”

AkinssaidthattheSAhasshopsallovertheUS-“someasbigasdepartmentstores.”Alloftheclothesaredonated（捐贈），andwhentheyhaveasurplus（盈余），they'llhave“stuffabag”specials，wherecustomerscanfillagrocerysackwithclothesforonly

or10dollars.

JuliaSlocum，22，pointsout，however，thatthehugeamountofsecond-handclothingintheUSistheresultofAmericanwastefulness.

I'dsaythatsecond-handstoresaretheresultofourwasteful，materialisticculture，“saidSlocum，whoworksforapro-conservationorganization，theCenterforaNewAmericanDream.”Thriftshopspreventthatwastefromgoingtolandfills（垃圾填埋場）；theygiveclothingasecondlife，providecheaperclothingforthosewhocan'taffordtobuynewonesandgenerate（生成）incomeforcharities.Theyalsoprovideawayforthewealthyandmiddleclassestoshed（掙脫）someoftheguiltfortheirlevelofconsumption.“

36WhichstatementaboutBarthisNOTtrue？

A

Heis33yearsoldnow.

B

HeworksataGoodwillthriftshop.

C

HeworksataSalvationArmythriftshop.

D

Hewasacollegestudentmanyyearsago

37WhenBarthwasacollegestudent，heoftenshoppedatthriftshops

Atosavemoney.

Btosaveenergy.

Ctohelptheenvironment.

Dtomakefriendswithpoorpeople.

38WhatdoesAkinsdo？

A

Sheisasoldier.

B

Sheisanaccountant.

C

Sheisasaleswoman

D

Sheisaroadsweeper.

39ThriftshopscandoeverythingEXCEPT

Agiveclothingasecondlife.

Bgenerateincomeforcharities.

Cprovidecheaperclothesforthepoor.

Dstoprichpeoplefromwastingmoney

40Theword“thrift”inparagraph1couldbebestreplacedby

Acharity.

Bonedollar.

Cfirstclass.

Dtwodollars.

第三篇

Water

Thesecondmostimportantconstituent（構成成分）ofthebiosphere（生物圈）isliquidwater.Thiscanonlyexistinaverynarrowrangeoftemperatures，sincewaterfreezesat0℃andboilsat100℃。Lifeasweknowitwouldonlybepossibleonthesurfaceofaplanetwhichhadtemperaturessomewherewithinthisnarrowrange.

Theearth'ssupplyofwaterprobablyremainsfairlyconstantinquantity.Thetotalquantityofwaterisnotknownveryaccurately，butitisaboutenoughtocoverthesurfaceoftheglobetoadepthofabouttwoandthree-quarterkilometers.Mostofitisintheformofthesaltwateroftheoceans-about97percent.Therestisfresh，butthree-quartersofthisisintheformoficeatthePolesandonmountains，andcannotbeusedbylivingsystemsuntilmelted.Oftheremainingfractionalwhichissomewhatlessthanonepercentofthewhole，thereis10—20timesasmuchstoredundergroundwaterasthereisactuallyonthesurface.Thereisalsoatiny，butextremelyimportantfractionofthewatersupplywhichispresentaswatervaporintheatmosphere.

Watervaporintheatmosphereisthechannelthroughwhichthewholewater

circulation（循環）ofthebiospherehastopass.Waterevaporated（蒸發）fromthesurfaceoftheoceans，fromlakesandriversandfrommoist（潮濕旳）earthisaddedtoit.Fromitthewatercomesoutagainasrainorsnow，fallingoneithertheseaortheland.Thereis，asmightbeexpected，amoreintensiveevaporationperunitareaovertheseaandoceansthanovertheland，butthereismorerainfalloverthelandthanovertheoceans，andthebalanceisrestoredbytherunofffromthelandintheformofrivers.

41Liquidwateronlyexists

Ainthecenteroftheearth.

Bonthesurfaceofourplanet.

Cinaverynarrowrangeoftemperatures

Dinthecoastalareasoftheearth.

42ThetotalquantityofwateronEarth

Aremainsalmostunchanged.

Bhasgreatlyincreasedinrecentyears

Cisdecreasingconstantly.

Disaffectedbyglobalwarming.

43MostofthefreshwateronEarth

Aisstoredunderground.

BisintheformoficeatthePolesandonmountains

Cisfoundinriversandlakes.

Dcomesfromtherain.

44Theword“fraction”inthesecondparagraphmeans

Aaverysmallamount.

Balargearea.

Canimportantsystem.

Damajorsourceofinformation.

45Thereismorerainfall

Aoverthemountainsthanovertherivers

Bovertheriversthanoverthemountains.

Covertheoceansthanovertheland.

Doverthelandthanovertheoceans

第5部分：補全短文（第46～50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，請根據短文內容將其分別放回原有位置，以恢復文章原貌。

ABadIdea

Thinkyoucanwalk，drive，takephonecalls，e-mailandlistentomusicatthesametime？Well，NewYork'snewlawsaysyoucan't.（46）Thelawwentintoforcelastmonth，followingresearchandashockingnumberofaccidentsthatinvolvedpeopleusingelectronicgadgets（小巧機械）whencrossingthestreet.

Who'stoblame？（47）“Weareundertheimpressionthatourbraincandomorethanitoftencan，”saysReneMarois，aneuroscientist（神經科學家）inTennessee.“Butacorelimitationistheinabilitytoconcentrateontwothingsatonce.”

Theyoungpeopleareoftenconsideredthegreatmultitaskers.（48），Agroupof18-to21-year-oldsandagroupof35-to39-year-oldsweregiven90secondstotranslateimagesintonumbers，usingasimplecode.（49）Butwhenbothgroupswereinterruptedbyaphonecalloraninstantmessage，theoldergroupmatchedtheyoungergroupinspeedandaccuracy.

Itisdifficulttomeasuretheproductivitylostbymultitaskers.Butitisprobablyalot.JonathanSpira，chiefanalystatBasex，abusiness-researchfirm，estimatesthecostofinterruptionstotheAmericaneconomyatnearly$650billionayear.（50）Thesurveysconcludethat28percentoftheworkers'timewasspentoninterruptionsandrecoverytimebeforetheyreturnedtotheirmaintasks.

ATalkingonacellphonewhiledrivingbringsyoujoyanyway

BTheestimateisbasedonsurveyswithofficeworkers

CTheyoungergroupdid10percentbetterwhennotinterrupted

DHowever，anOxfordUniversityresearchsuggeststhisperceptionisopentoquestion.

EScientistssaythatourmultitasking（多任務處理）abilitiesarelimited

FAndyou'llbefined$100ifyoudosoonaNewYorkCitystreet

第6部分：完形填空（第51～55題，每題1分，共15分）

下面旳短文有15處空白，請根據短文內容為每處空白確定一種最佳選項。

OneGoodReasontoLetSmallpoxLive

It'snowafairbetthatwewillneverseethetotalextinction（滅絕）ofthesmallpox（天花）virus.Whensmallpoxwascompletelygotridofintheworld，scientistswantedto（51）thekillervirusinthelasttwolabs-oneintheUSandoneinRussia.Theyasked：Ifsmallpoxhastrulygonefromtheplanet，（52）pointwasthereinkeepingthesereserves？

inreality，ofcourse，itwasnaiveto（53）thateveryonewouldletgoofsuch

a

powerful

potentialweapon.

Undoubtedlyseveral

nations

still

have（54）vials（小藥瓶）。Andthelast“official”stocksofliv