2003年職稱英語等級考試試題真題-理工類A級（含答案）

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第一部分：詞匯選項（第1—15題，每題1分，共15分）

下面共有15個句子，每個句子中均有1個詞或短語畫有底橫線，請從每個句子后面所給的4個選項中選擇1個與畫線部分意義最相近的詞或短語。答案一律涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。

1. The union representative put across her argument very effectively.

A explained B invented

C considered D accepted

2. He talks tough but has a tender heart.

A heavy B strong

C kind D wild

3. It is no use debating the relative merits of this policy.

A making B taking

C discussing D expecting

4. Our statistics show that we consume all that we are capable of producing.

A waste B buy

C use D sell

5. The fuel tanks had a capacity of 140 liters.

A function B ability

C power D volume

6. Our lives are intimately bound up with theirs.

A tensely B nearly

C carefully D closely

7. Her faith upheld her in times of sadness.

A supported B excited

C inspired D directed

8. The book provides a concise analysis of the country’s history.

A clean B perfect

C real D brief

9. It is laid down in the regulations that all members must carry their membership cards at all times.

A suggested B warned

C stated D confirmed

10. The council meeting terminated at 2 o’clock.

A began B continued

C ended D resumed

11. Red flag was placed there as a token of danger.

A sign B substitute

C proof D target

12. However bad the situation is, the majority is unwilling to risk change.

A reluctant B eager

C pleased D angry

13. It has been said that the Acts provided a new course of action and did not merely regulate or enlarge an old one.

A limit B control

C replace D offset

14. The secretary is expected to explore ideas for post-war reconstruction of the area.

A deny B investigate

C stress D create

15. The steadily rising cost of labor on the waterfront has greatly increased the cost of shipping cargo by water.

A gradually B suddenly

C excessively D exceptionally

第2部分：閱讀判斷（第16—22題，每題1分，共7分）

閱讀下面這篇短文，短文后列出了7個句子，請根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容對每個句子做出判斷。如果該句提供的是正確信息，請在答題卡上把A涂黑；如果該句提供的是錯誤信息，請在答題卡上把B涂黑；如果該句的信息文章中沒有提及，請在答題卡上把C涂黑。

A Dolphin and an Astronomer

One day in 1963, a dolphin named Elvar and a famous astronomer, Carl Sagan, were playing a little game. The astronomer was visiting an institute which was looking into the way dolphins communicate with each other. Sagan was standing on the edge of one of the tanks where several of these friendly, highly intelligent creatures were kept. Elvar had just swum up alongside him and had turned on his back.

The dolphin wanted Sagan to scratch his stomach again, as the astronomer had done twice before. Elvar looked up at Sagan, waiting. Then, after a minute or so, the dolphin leapt up through the water and made a sound just like the word “more”. The astonished astronomer went to the director of the institute and told him about the incident. ‘Oh, yes. That’s one of the words he knows,’ the director said, showing no surprise at all.

Dolphins have bigger brain in proportion to their body size than humans have, and it has been known for a long time that they can make a number of sounds. What is more, these sounds seem to have different functions, such as warning each other of danger. Sound travels much faster and much further in water than it does in air. That is why the parts of the brain that deal with sound are much better developed in dolphin than in humans. But can it be said that dolphins have a ‘language’, in the real sense of the word? Scientists don’t agree on this.

A language is not just a collection of sounds, or even words. A language has a structure and what we call a grammar. The structure and grammar of a language help to give it meaning. For example, the two questions “Who loves Mary?” and “Who does Mary love?” mean very different things. If you stop to think about it, you will see that this difference doesn’t come from the words in the question but from the difference in structure. That is why the question “Can dolphins speak?” can’t be answered until we find out if dolphins not only make sounds but also arrange them in a grammatical order which affects their meaning.

16 The astronomer was not interested in the way dolphins communicate with each other.