職稱英語理工類C級模擬49

第1部分：詞匯選項

下面每個句子中均由1個詞或短語劃有底橫線，請為每處劃線部分確定1個意思最接

近的選項。

1>Ican11putupwithmyneighbor1snoiseanylonger,it1sdrivingmemad.

A.tolerateB.generateC.reduceD.

measure

2、Regularvisitsfromasocialworkercanbeofimmensevaluetooldpeople

livingalone.

A.equalB.immediateC.moderateD.

great

3、Hewasrathervagueaboutthereasonswhyheneverfinishedschool.

A.brightB.unclearC.generalD.

bad

4、Iwanttoprovidemyboyswithadecenteducation.

A.specialB.privateC.generalD.

good

5、Sleepstairscanpresentaparticularhazardtoolderpeople.

A.pictureB.dangerC.evidenceD.

case

6、Ourarrangementswerethrownintocompleteturmoil.

A.doubtB.reliefC.failureD.

confusion

7、Hewaswearyoftheconstantbattlebetweenthem.

A.fondB.proudC.tiredD.

afraid

8、Yourdogneedsatleast20minutesofvigorousexerciseeveryday.

A.energeticB.freeC.physicalD.

regular

9、Ienjoyedtheplay—ithadacleverplotandveryfunnydialogues.

A.boringB.originalC.humorousD.

long

10>Lowertaxeswouldspurinvestmentandhelpeconomicgrowth.

A.attractB.spendC.encourageD.

require

11>Hedemolishedmyargumentinminutes.

A.supportedB.disprovedC.disputedD.

accepted

12、Manycitieshaverestrictedsmokinginpublicplaces.

A.limitedB.allowedC.stoppedD.kept

13、Thetwobankshaveannouncedplanstomergenestyear.

A.combineB.sellC.closeD.

break

14、Theprojectrequiredtenyearsofdiligentresearch.

A.hardworkingB.socialC.basicD.

scientific

15>Hewaskeptinappallingconditionsinprison.

A.necessaryB.terribleC.

criticalD.normal

第2部分：閱讀判斷

下面的短文后列出了7個句子，請根據短文的內容對每個句子做出判斷。如果該句

提供的是正確信息，請選擇A；如果該句提供的是錯誤信息，請選擇B；如果該句的信

息在文中沒有提及，請選擇C。

Europa1sWateryunderWorld

Europa,oneofJupiter's63knownmoons,looksbrightandicyonthesurface.

Butappearancescanbedeceiving：Mileswithinitscracked,frigidshellz

Europaprobablyhidesgiantpoolsofliquidwater.Wherescientistsfindliquid

water,theyhopetofindlifeaswell.

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Sincewecan1godivingintoEuropa*sdepthsjustyetzscientistsinstead

havetoinvestigatethemoon*ssurfaceforcluestowhatliesbeneath.In

anewstudy,scientistsinvestigatedonegroupofstrangeicepatternson

Europaandconcludedthattheformationsmarkthetopofanundergroundpool

thatholdsasmuchwaterastheU.S.GreatLakes.

PicturesofEuropa,whichisslightlysmallerthanEarth*smoon,clearly

showatangled,icymishmashoflinesandcracksknownas"chaosterrains.H

ThesechaoticplacescovermorethanhalfofEuropa.Formorethan10yearsz

scientistshavewonderedwhatcausestheformations.Thenewstudysuggests

thattheyarisefromthemixingofvastundergroundstoresofliquidwater

withicymaterialnearthesurface.

ForscientistswhosuspectthatEuropaalsomaybehidinglifebeneath

itsicysurface,thenewsaboutthenewlakeisexciting.

"Itwouldbegreatiftheselakesharboredlife,HBritneySchmidt,a

planetaryscientistwhoworkedonthestudy,toldScienceNews."Buteven

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iftheydidn1ztheysaythatEuropaisdoingsomethinginterestingandactive

rightnow."

Schmidt,ascientistattheUniversityofTexasatAustin,andhercolleagues

wantedtoknowhowchaosterrainsform.Sincetheycouldn1trockettoEuropa

toseeforthemselves,theysearchedforsimilarformationshereonEarth.

TheystudiedcollapsediceshelvesinAntarcticaandicycapsonvolcanoes

inIceland.ThosefeaturesonEarthformedwhenliquidwatermixedwithice.

ThescientistsnowsuspectsomethingsimilarmightbehappeningonEuropa：

thataswaterandiceofdifferenttemperaturesmingleandshift,thesurface

fractures.Thiswouldexplainthejumbledicesculptures.

"Fracturingcatastrophicallydisruptstheiceinthesamewaythatitcauses

iceshelvestocollapseonEarth,HSchmidttoldScienceNews.Sheandher

teamfoundthattheprocesscouldbecausingchaosterrainstoformquickly

onEuropa.

Thenewstudysuggeststhatonthismoon,elementssuchasoxygenfrom

thesurfaceblendwiththedeepbodiesofwater.Thatmixturemaycreatean

environmentthatsupportslife.

16、TheliquidwaterofanundergroundpoolofEuropaisestimatedtobe

equivalenttothewateroftheU.S.Greatlakes.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

17>ThestrangeicepatternsonEuropaareformedasaresultofamixing

undergroundwaterpool.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

18、EuropaisthemostrecentlydiscoveredoneamongJupiter*s63knownmoons.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

19、ThesizeofEuropaisabitlargerthanthatofEarth1smoon.

A.RightB?WrongC.Notmentioned

20、Schmidtandhercolleaguesarethefirstgroupofscientistsstudying

Europa.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

21、TheformationsonEuropa1ssurfaceareratheruniqueintheuniverse.

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

22、Theexistenceofliquidwaterisanecessityforalife-support

A.RightB.WrongC.Notmentioned

第3部分：概括大意與完成句子

下面的短文后有2項測試任務：⑴第23?26題要求從所給的6個選項中為第1?4段每

段選擇1個最佳標題：⑵第27?30題要求從所給的6個選項中為每個句子確定1個最佳選

項。

NaturalGas

1.Naturalgasisproducedfromreservoirsdeepbeneaththeearth1ssurface.

Itisafossilfuel,meaningthatitisderivedfromorganicmaterialburied

intheearthmillionsofyearsago.Themaincomponentofnaturalgasismethane.

2.Thepopularityanduseofcleannaturalgashasincreaseddramatically

overthepast50yearsaspipelineinfrastructurehasbeeninstalledtodeliver

itconvenientlyandeconomicallytomillionsofresidential,commercialand

industrialcustomersworldwide.Today,naturalgasservicesavailableinall

50statesintheU.S.,andistheleadingenergychoiceforfuelingAmerican

homesandindustries.Morethan65millionAmericanhomesusenaturalgas.

Infactznaturalgasisthemosteconomicalsourceforhomeenergyneedsz

costingone-thirdasmuchaselectricity.Inadditiontoheatinghomeszmuch

ofthegasusedintheUnitedStatesisusedasarawmaterialtomanufacture

awidevarietyofproducts,frompainttofibersforclothing,toplastics

forhealthcare,computingandfurnishings.Naturalgasisalsousedina

significantnumberofnewelectricity-generatingpowerplants.

3.Naturalgasisoneofthesafestandcleanestfuelsavailable.Itemits

lesspollutionthanotherfossilfuelsources.Whennaturalgasisburned,

itproducesmostlycarbondioxideandwatervapour—thesamesubstancesemitted

whenhumansexhale.Comparedwithsomeotherfossilfuels,naturalgasemits

theleastamountofcarbondioxideintotheairwhencombusted,makingnatural

gasthecleanestburningfossilfuelofall.

4.TheUnitedStatesconsumesaboutone-thirdoftheworld1snaturalgas

outputzmakingitthelargestgas-consumingregionintheworld.TheU.S.

DepartmentofEnergyInformationAdministrationforecaststhatnaturalgas

demandwillgrowbymorethan50percentby2025.

5.Therearehugereservesofnaturalgasbeneaththeearth1ssurface.

ThelargestreservesofnaturalgascanbefoundinRussia,WestandNorth

AfricaandtheMiddleEast.LNGhasbeenproduceddomesticallyandimported

intheUnitedStatesformorethanfourdecades.Today,theleadingimports

ofLNGareJapan,Korea,FranceandSpain.

23、Paragraph2.

A.PopularityanduseofnaturalgasB.Naturalgasreserves

andsupply

C.NaturalgaspricesD.Cleanfuelofchoice

E.DisadvantagesofnaturalgasF.Naturalgas

consumption

24、Paragraph3.

25、Paragraph4.

26>Paragraph5.

27、Naturalgasisstoreddeep.

A.overthepast50yearsB.beneaththeearth1s

surface

C.bymorethan50percentD.formorethanfour

decades

E.asarawmaterialF.forhomeenergyneeds

28>Naturalgasisrecognizedasthemosteconomicalenergysource.

29、Whenmanufacturingmanyproducts,peoplecommonlyusenaturalgas.

30、Itisestimatedthatby2025thatnaturalgasdemandintheUnitedStates

willincrease.

第4部分：閱讀理解

下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道題。

弟局

HowtheFirstStarsintheUniverseCameintoExistence

Howthefirststarsformedfromthisdustandgashasbeenaburningquestion

foryearszbutastate-of-the-artcomputersimulationnowoffersthemost

detailedpictureyetofhowthesefirststarsintheuniversecameintoexistence,

researcherssay.

Thecompositionoftheearlyuniversewasquitedifferentfromthatof

today,andthephysicsthatgovernedtheearlyuniversewerealsosomewhat

simpler.Dr.NaokiYoshidaandcolleaguesinJapanandtheU.S.incorporated

theseconditionsoftheearlyuniverse,sometimesreferredtoasthe"cosmic

darkages,Htosimulatetheformationofanastronomicalobjectthatwould

eventuallyshineitslightintothisdarkness.

Theresultisadetaileddescriptionoftheformationofaprotostar-the

earlystageofamassiveprimordialstarofouruniverse,andtheresearchers1

computersimulation,whichhasbeencalleda"cosmicRosettaStone."sets

thebarforfurtherinvestigationintothestarformationprocess.Thequestion

ofhowthefirststarsevolvedissoimportantbecausetheirformationsand

eventualexplosionsprovidedtheseedsforsubsequentstarstocomeintobeing.

Accordingtotheirsimulation,gravityactedonminutedensityvariations

inmatter,gaseszandthemysterious"darkmatter"oftheuniverseafterthe

BigBanginordertoformthisearlystageofastar-aprotostarwithamass

ofjustonepercentofoursun.Thesimulationrevealshowpre-stellargases

wouldhaveactuallyevolvedunderthesimplerphysicsoftheearlyuniverse

toformthisprotostar.Dr.Yoshida1ssimulationalsoshowsthattheprotostar

wouldlikelyevolveintoamassivestarcapableofsynthesizingheavyelements,

notjustinlatergenerationsofstarszbutsoonaftertheBigBang.

"Thisgenealpictureofstarformation,andtheabilitytocomparehow

stellarobjectsformindifferenttimeperiodsandregionsoftheuniverse,

willeventuallyallowinvestigationintotheoriginsoflifeandplanets,H

saidLarsHernquist,aProfessorofAstronomyatHarvardUniversityanda

coauthorofthislatestreport."Theabundanceofelementsintheuniverse

hasincreasedasstarshaveaccumulated,Hhesays,Handtheformationand

destructionofstarscontinuestospreadtheseelementsfurtheracrossthe

universe.Sowhenyouthinkaboutit,alloftheelementsinourbodiesoriginally

H

formedfromnuclearreactionsinthecentersofstarszlongago.

Theirsimulationofthebirthofaprotostarintheearlyuniversesignifies

akeysteptowardtheambitiousgoalofpiecingtogethertheformationof

anentireprimordialstarandofpredictingthemassandpropertiesofthese

firststarsoftheuniverse.Morepowerfulcomputers,morephysicaldata,

andanevenlargerrangewillbeneededforfurthercalculationsandsimulations,

buttheseresearchershopetoeventuallyextendthissimulationtothepoint

ofnuclearreactioninitiation--whenastellarobjectbecomesatruestar.

HDr.Yoshidahastakenthestudyofprimordialstarformationtoanew

levelwiththissimulation,butitstillgetsusonlytothehalfwaypoint

towardsourfinalgoal.Itislikelayingthefoundationofaskyscraper,

nsaidVolkerBromm,AssistantProfessorofAstronomyattheUniversityof

n

TexaszAustinandtheauthorofacompanionarticle.Wemustcontinueour

studiesinthisareatounderstandhowtheinitiallytinyprotostargrowsz

layerbylayer,toeventuallyformamassivestar.Buthere,thephysicsbecome

muchmorecomplicatedandevenmorecomputationalresourcesareneeded.H

31、Accordingtothefirsttwoparagraphs,theearlyuniverse.

A.wasgovernedbysimplerphysics

B.gotfewerstarsshinninginit

C.startedover13billionyearsago

D.wascomposedinawaysimilartothatoftoday

32、Whatdoesthestate-of-theartcomputersimulationtellusabout?

A.HowtheBigBangoccurredabout13billionyearsago.

B.Howncosmicdarkages'*cameintoexistence.

C.HowdustgrainsandgaseswereformedaftertheBigBang.

D.HowthefirststarscameintobeingaftertheBigBang.

33、Whatdoesthe"astronomicalobject"inparagraph2referto?

A.cosmicdarkages.B.dustgrainsandgases.

C.aprotostar.D.theearlyuniverse.

34、Accordingtoparagraph4,whatisNOTtrueaboutaprotostar?

A.ItdevelopedintoamassivestarduringtheBigBang.

B.Itevolvedfrompre-stellargases.

C.Itwasabletointegrateheavyelementswhenevolvingintoamassive

star.

D.Ithadamassofonepercentofthesun.

35、Accordingtothelastparagraph,allofthefollowingaregoalsofthe

simulationprojectEXCEPT_______.

A.toknowmoreaboutthemassandpropertiesofthefirststarsofthe

universe

B.tosimulatetheprocessofhowtheearlyuniversebegan

C.toapplythesimulationtothestudyofnuclearreactioninitiation

D.todiscoverthetruthabouttheformationofaprotostar

弟一局

StudentsLearnBetterwithTouchscreenDesks

Observethecriticismsofnearlyanymajorpubliceducationsysteminthe

world,andafewofthemanycomplaintsaremoreorlessuniversal.Technology

movesfasterthantheeducationsystem.Teachersmustteachatthepaceof

thesloweststudentratherthanthefastest.And—particularlyintheUnited

1

States—gradeschoolchildrenasagroupdon1caremuchfor,orexcelatz

mathematics.Soit*shearteningtolearnthatanewkindof"classroomof

thefuture"showspromiseatmitigatingsomeoftheseproblems,startingwith

thatfundamentalpieceofclassroomfurniture：thedesk.

AUKstudyinvolvingroughly400students,mostlyaged8-10yearszanda

newgenerationofmulti-touch,multi-user,computerizeddesktopsurfaces

isshowingthatoverthelastthreeyearsthetechnologyhasappreciablyboosted

students*mathskillscomparedtopeerslearningthesamematerialviathe

conventionalpaper-and-pencilmethod.How?Throughcollaboration,mostly,

aswellasbygivingteachersbettertoolsbywhichtomicromanageindividual

studentswhoneedsomeextrainstructionwhileallowingtherestoftheclass

tocontinuemovingforward.

Science,ClayDillow,classroomofthefuturezeducation,engineering,

math,mathematicszSynergyNetTraditionalinstructionstillshowsrespectable

efficacyatincreasingstudentsfluencyinmathematics,essentiallythrough

memorizationandpractice—dull,repetitivepractice.Buttheresearchershave

concludedthatthesenewtouchscreendesksboostbothfluencyand

flexibility—thecriticalthinkingskillsthatallowstudentstosolvecomplex

problemsnotsimplythroughknowingformulasanddeviceszbutbybeingable

tofigureoutwhatthereallproblemisandthemosteffectivemeansofstripping

itdownandsolvingit.

Onereasonforthis,theresearcherssay,isthemulti-touchaspectof

thetechnology.Studentsworkinginthenext-genclassroomcanworktogether

atthesametabletop,eachofthemcontributingandengagingwiththeproblem

aspartofagroup.KnownasSynergyNet,thesoftwareusescomputervision

systemsthatseeintheinfraredspectrumtodistinguishbetweendifferent

touchesondifferentpartsofthesurface,allowingstudentstoaccessand

usetoolsonthescreen,moveobjectsandvisualaidsaroundontheirdesktops,

andotherwisephysicallyinteractwiththenumbersandinformationontheir

screens.Byusingthesescreenscollaboratively,theresearcherssay,the

studentsaretosomeextentteachingthemselvesasthosewithastrongergrasp

ondifficultconceptspullotherstudentsforwardalongwiththem.

36、WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofthepubliceducation

system?

A.Itdoesnotcatchupwiththedevelopmentoftechnology.

B.Somesimilarcomplaintsaboutitareheardindifferentcountries.

C.Manystudentsarenotgoodatlearningmathematics.

D.Teacherspaymoreattentiontofastlearnersthanslowlearners.

37、Whathasbeenfoundafterthenewtechisemployed?

A.Studentsbecomelessactiveinlearningmathematics.

B.Studentsshowpreferencetotheconventionalpaper-and-pencilmethod.

C.Teachersareabletogiveindividualizedattentiontostudentsinno

difference.

D.Thegapbetweenslowlearnersandfastlearnersgetsmorenoticeable.

38、Whatisthebenefitstudentgetfromthenewtech?

A.Itmakesthemmorefluentinpublicspeech.

B.Itenablesthemtodevelopcriticalthinkingability.

C.Itoffersthemmoreflexibilityinchoosingcourses.

D.Itiseffectiveinhelpingthemsolvephysicalproblems.

39、Whathappenswhenstudentsareusingthedesktopofthenewtech?

A.Everystudenthasanindividualtabletop.

B.Themulti-touchfunctionstimulatesstudents.

C.Thesoftwareinstalledautomaticallyidentifiesdifferentusers.

D.Studentsusedifferenttoolstointeractwitheachother.

40、Howdoesthenewtechworktoimprovestudent1smathematicallearning?

A.Ithelpsfastlearnerstolearnfaster.

B.Itenablesthemtoworktogether.

C.Itmakesteacher*sinstructionunnecessary.

D.Itallowsthewholeclasstolearnatthesamepace.

第二篇

DownloadKnowledgeDirectlytoYourBrain

Forthefirsttime,researchershavebeenabletohackintotheprocess

oflearninginthebrain,usinginducedbrainpatternstocreatealearned

behavior.It1snotquiteasadvancedasaninstantkung-fudownload,andit1s

notassleekascognitiveinception,butit*sstillanimportantfindingthat

couldleadtonewteachingandrehabilitationtechniques.

Futuretherapiescoulddecodethebrainactivitypatternsofanathlete

oramusician,andusethemasabenchmarkforteachinganotherpersonanew

activity,accordingtotheresearchers.

ScientistsfromBostonUniversityandATRComputationalNeuroscience

LaboratoriesinKyotousedfunctionalmagneticresonanceimaging,orfMRI,

tostudythelearningprocess.Theywereexaminingtheadultbrain*saptitude

forvisualperceptuallearning,orVPLZinwhichrepetitivetrainingimproves

aperson*