職稱英語(yǔ)考試(理工類):閱讀理解(一)

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Sleepwalking
     Not all sleep is the same every night. We experience some deep, quiet sleep and some active sleep, which is when dreams happen. You might think sleepwalking would happen during active sleep, but a person isn’t physically active during active sleep. Sleepwalking usually happens in the first few hours of sleep in the stage called slow-wave or deep sleep.
     Now all sleepwalkers actually walk. Some simply sit up or stand in bed or act like they’re awake when in fact, they’re sleep! Most, however, do get up and move around for a few seconds or for as long as half an hour.
     Sleepwalkers’ eyes are open, but they don’t see the same way they do when they’re awake and often think they’re in different rooms of the house or different places altogether. Sleepwalkers tend to go back to bed on their own and they won’t remember it in the morning.
     Researchers estimated that about 15% of kids sleepwalk regularly. Sleepwalking may run in families and sometimes occurs when a person is sick, has a fever, is not getting enough sleep, or is stressed.
     If sleepwalking occurs frequently, every night or so, it’s a good idea for your mom or dad to take you to see your doctor. But occasional sleepwalking generally isn’t something to worry about, although it may look funny or even scary for the people who see a sleepwalker in action.
     Although occasional sleepwalking isn’t a big deal, it’s important, of course, that the person is kept safe, precautions should be taken so the person is less likely to fall down, run into something, or walk out the front door while sleepwalking.
    1. Sleepwalking usually occurs ___.
    A. during deep sleep
    B. during active sleep
    C. during dreams
    D. during quiet hours
    2. Which is true of most sleepwalkers?
    A. they simply sit up
    B. they simply stand in bed
    C. they act like they’re awake when asleep
    D. they get up and walk for some time
    3. Sleepwalkers usually go back to bed ___.
    A. after waking up
    B. after being woken up
    C. by themselves
    D. with the help of others
    4. You’d better go and see a doctor if you ___.
    A come across sleepwalking often
    B have never experienced sleepwalking
    C sleepwalk occasionally
    D sleepwalk frequently
    5. Precautions should be taken to ___.
    A. prevent people from sleepwalking
    B. keep sleepwalkers safe
    C. avoid running into sleepwalkers
    D. ensure the safety of people asleep
    Passage 2
    (語(yǔ)言難度B/C級(jí))
     Adaptation of Living Things
     Certain animals and plants develop characteristics that help them cope with their environment better than others of their kind. This natural biological process is called adaptation. Among the superior characteristics developed through adaptation are those that may help in getting food or shelter, in providing protection, and in producing and protecting the young. That results in the evolution of more and more organisms that are better fitted to their environments.
     Each living thing is adapted to its way of life in a general way, but each is adapted especially to its own distinct class. A plant, for example, depends upon its roots to fix itself firmly and to absorb water and inorganic chemicals. It depends upon its green leaves for using the sun's energy to make food from inorganic chemicals. These are general adaptations, common to most plants. In addition, there are special adaptations that only certain kinds of plants have.
     Many animals have adaptations that help them escape from their enemies. Some insects are hidden by their body color or shape, and many look like a leaf or a little branch. The coats of deer are colored to mix with the surroundings. Many animals have the ability to remain completely still when an enemy is near.
    Organisms have a great variety of ways of adapting. They may adapt in their structure, function, and genetics; in their development and production of the young; and in other respects. An organism may create its won environment, as do warm-blooded mammals, which have the ability to adjust body heat exactly to maintain their ideal temperature despite changing weather. Usually adaptations are an advantage, but sometimes an organism is so well adapted to a particular environment that, if conditions change, it finds it difficult or impossible to readapt to the new conditions.
    1. Some plants and animals develop superior characteristics so that they may
    A. help others of their kind get food, shelter and other things needed.
    B. survive even in extremely severe conditions
    C. become better adapted to the environments than others of their kind.
    D. result in the evolution and production of more intelligent organisms.
    2. In the first paragraph, the word "environments" could best be replaced by
    A. contexts
    B. surroundings
    C. neighbors
    D. enemies
    3. It can be inferred from this passage that the feathers of a bird care colored
    A. to frightened its enemies.
    B. to attract its enemies
    C. to adjust its body heat
    D. to match its environment
    4. Which of the following is not directly mentioned?
    A. A living thing may adapt in its structure.
    B. An organism may adapt in its function.
    C. A living creature may adapt in its genetic makeup.
    D. A living organism may adapt in its sleeping habit.
    5. The author cites the behavior of warm-blooded mammals in order to illustrate which of the following?
    A. A living thing may have the ability to create an environment of its own
    B. A living creature may have the ability to remain still when an enemy is near.
    C. A living creature may have the ability to make food from its inorganic chemicals
    D. A living creature may have the ability to change the color of its skin.
    Passage 3
    (語(yǔ)言難度B/C級(jí))
    Will Quality Eat up the U.S. Lead in Software?
     If U.S. software companies don't pay more attention to quality, they could kiss their business good-bye. Both India and Brazil are developing a world-class software industry. Their weapon is quality and one of their jobs is to attract the top U.S. quality specialists whose voices are not listened to in their country.
     Already, of the world's 12 software houses that have earned the highest rating in the world, seven are in India. That's largely because they have used new methodologies rejected by American software specialists. For example, for decades, quality specialists, W. Edwards Deming and J. M. Juran had urged U.S. software companies to change their attitudes to quality. But their quality call mainly fell on deaf ears in the U.S -- but not in Japan. By the 1970s and 1980s, Japan was grabbing market share with better, cheaper products. They used Deming's and Juran's ideas to bring down the cost of good quality to as little as 5% of total production costs. In U.S. factories, the cost of quality then was 10 times as high: 50%. In software, it still is.
     Watts S. Humphrey spent 27 years at IBM heading up software production and then quality assurance. But his advice was seldom paid attention to. He retired from IBM in 1986. In 1987, he worked out a system for assessing and improving software quality. It has proved its value time and again. For example, in 1990 the cost of quality at Raytheon Electronics Systems was almost 60% of total software production costs. It tell to 15% in 1996 and has since further dropped to below 10%.
    Like Deming and Juran, Humphrey seems to be winning more praises overseas than at home. The Indian government and several companies have just founded the Watts Humphrey Software Quality Institute at the Software Technology Park in Chennai, India. Let's hope that U.S. lead in software will not be eaten up by its quality problems.
    1. What country has more highest-rating companies in the world than any other country has?
    A) India.
    B) The US.
    C) Brazil.
    D) Germany.
    2. Which of the following statements about Humphrey is tree?
    A) He is now still an IBM employer.
    B) He has worked for IBM for 37 years.
    C) India honors him highly.
    D) The US pays much attention to his quality advice.
    3.By what means did Japan grab its large market share by the 1970s and the 1980s?
    A)Its advertising was most successful.
    B)Its products were cheaper in price and better in quality.
    C) The US hardware industry was lagging behind.
    D) Japan hired a lot of Indian software specialists.
    4. What does the founding of the Watts Humphrey Software Quality Institute symbolize?
    A) It symbolizes the US determination to move ahead with its software.
    B) It symbolizes the Japanese efforts to solve the software quality problem.
    C) It symbolizes the Indian ambition to take the lead in software.
    D) It symbolizes the Chinese policy on importing software.
    5. What is the writer worrying about?
    A) Many US software specialists are working for Japan.
    B) The quality problem has become a worldwide problem.
    C)India and Japan are joining hands to compete with the US.
    D) The US will no longer be the first software player in the world.
     參考答案:
    Passage 1:
    Sleepwalking
    1. A。 分析: 問(wèn)題問(wèn)“夢(mèng)游病通常在什么時(shí)候發(fā)生?”被選項(xiàng)中有兩個(gè)選項(xiàng)涉及到sleep(睡眠), 所以首先利用sleep和問(wèn)題句中的核心詞Sleepwalking共同作為答案線索, 這樣找到答案相關(guān)句:
    (第一段)Not all sleep is the same every night. We experience some deep, quiet sleep and some active sleep, which is when dreams happen. 這兩個(gè)句子中都沒(méi)有出現(xiàn)“Sleepwalking” , 所以暫時(shí)不看。 下面的兩個(gè)句子中兩個(gè)線索詞都出現(xiàn)了, 所以重點(diǎn)關(guān)注: You might think sleepwalking would happen during active sleep, but a person isn’t physically active during active sleep. 該句說(shuō)“你可能認(rèn)為夢(mèng)游發(fā)生在睡眠活躍的階段, 但是處于睡眠活躍階段時(shí), 人的身體并不活躍”。該句沒(méi)有回答問(wèn)題,所以接著看下面的句子: Sleepwalking usually happens in the first few hours of sleep in the stage called slow-wave or deep sleep.該句說(shuō)“夢(mèng)游病通常發(fā)生在被稱為慢波睡眠或深層睡眠階段的前幾個(gè)小時(shí)內(nèi)”,因此判斷A是答案。
    2. D。分析: 問(wèn)題問(wèn)“有關(guān)大多數(shù)的夢(mèng)游病患者的說(shuō)法下列哪一種是正確的?”題干中出現(xiàn)了修飾詞most,可以利用這個(gè)詞作為答案線索, 同時(shí)注意到被選項(xiàng)都涉及到描述具體動(dòng)作的行為動(dòng)詞/動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ),因此重點(diǎn)關(guān)注文章中出現(xiàn)動(dòng)作描述的句子, 這樣找到答案相關(guān)句:
     (第2段)Now all sleepwalkers actually walk. Some simply sit up or stand in bed or act like they’re awake when in fact, they’re sleep! Most, however, do get up and move around for a few seconds or for as long as half an hour. 該句中出現(xiàn)了most, 而且還出現(xiàn)了具體的行為動(dòng)詞, 因此判斷該句很可能就是直接答案相關(guān)句。 該句說(shuō)“然而大多數(shù)夢(mèng)游病患者的確會(huì)起床下地行走幾秒鐘,有的甚至達(dá)到半個(gè)小時(shí)”, 因此判斷D是答案。
    考點(diǎn):考察代詞的指代內(nèi)容。
    3. C. 分析:?jiǎn)栴}說(shuō)“夢(mèng)游病患者通常返回到床上___.”被選項(xiàng)中有兩個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A和B)是結(jié)構(gòu)相似的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)結(jié)構(gòu),而C和D都是表示“方式”的狀語(yǔ)結(jié)構(gòu), 因此推斷A和B中可能出答案; C和D中可能出答案。 利用題干中的核心結(jié)構(gòu)“go back to bed”作為答案線索,同時(shí)關(guān)注文章中出現(xiàn)的時(shí)間和方式狀語(yǔ)結(jié)構(gòu), 這樣找到答案相關(guān)句:
     (第3段)….Sleepwalkers tend to go back to bed on their own and they won’t remember it in the morning.該句中出現(xiàn)了“go back to bed”, 而且還出現(xiàn)了方式狀語(yǔ)結(jié)構(gòu)on their own, 因此判斷該句很可能就是直接答案相關(guān)句. 該句說(shuō)“夢(mèng)游病患者往往(與問(wèn)題句中的“usually”呼應(yīng))自己回到床上,而他們?cè)谠绯繀s并不記得他們?cè)谝估飰?mèng)游的事情”, 因此判斷C是答案。
    考點(diǎn): 考察近義短語(yǔ)結(jié)構(gòu): by oneself = for oneself = on one’s own 獨(dú)自地, 憑自己力量
    4. D.分析: 問(wèn)題說(shuō)“如果…, 你去看醫(yī)生.”該題可以借助常識(shí)直接判斷D(經(jīng)常性地夢(mèng)游)是答案。 該題也可以借助文章中相關(guān)句來(lái)判斷答案, 利用問(wèn)題句中出現(xiàn)的新信息結(jié)構(gòu)(核心結(jié)構(gòu))“go and see a doctor”作為答案線索, 這樣找到答案相關(guān)句:
    (第5段)If sleepwalking occurs frequently, every night or so, it’s a good idea for your mom or dad to take you to see your doctor. 該句說(shuō)“如果夢(mèng)游發(fā)生頻繁,比如大約每晚都發(fā)生, 你應(yīng)該讓你的爸爸或媽媽帶你去看醫(yī)生?!?, 因此判斷D是答案。
    考點(diǎn): 形式主語(yǔ)所在的句子結(jié)構(gòu)。
    5. B. 分析: 問(wèn)題句說(shuō)“應(yīng)該采取預(yù)防措施從而…”.(take –adopt采取). 該題可以借助常識(shí)判斷B(使夢(mèng)游者安全)是答案. 也可以借助文章中的相關(guān)語(yǔ)句判斷答案: 利用問(wèn)題句中出現(xiàn)的核心詞(主語(yǔ)) Precautions作為答案線索, 這樣找到答案相關(guān)句: Although occasional sleepwalking isn’t a big deal, it’s important, of course, that the person is kept safe, precautions should be taken so the person is less likely to fall down, run into something, or walk out the front door while sleepwalking.該句中的劃線結(jié)構(gòu)說(shuō)“應(yīng)該采取預(yù)防措施, 這樣當(dāng)夢(mèng)游病患者在夢(mèng)游的時(shí)候就不會(huì)跌倒,撞到什么東西上, 或走出大門外?!?, 根據(jù)部分內(nèi)容判斷B是答案。
    Passage 2
    Adaptation of Living Things
    1. C。該題的直接答案相關(guān)句是文章第一句。
    2. B。surroundings 和environment是近義詞,所以B正確。
    3. D。該題的直接答案相關(guān)句是第3段的一句話:The coats of deer are colored to mix with the surroundings。
    4. D。文章提到了一種生命為了適應(yīng)環(huán)境可以改變結(jié)構(gòu)(A),功能(B)和基因構(gòu)造(C),但沒(méi)有說(shuō)可以改變睡眠習(xí)慣。
    5. A。直接答案相關(guān)句在最后一段的第3個(gè)句子。
    Passage 3
    Will Quality Eat up the U.S. Lead in Software?
    1. A。第2段第1句是答案依據(jù)。
    2. C。文章倒數(shù)第2段說(shuō)到,印度專門建立一個(gè)以Humphrey名字命名的軟件質(zhì)量研究所,可見(jiàn)對(duì)他的重視,所以選項(xiàng)C是正確的。
    3.B。利用年代1970s, 1980s作為答案線索詞,這樣在第2段倒數(shù)第4句找到答案。
    4. C。利用題干中的專有名詞Software Quality Institute作為答案線索詞,確認(rèn)答案為C:與印度有關(guān)。
    5. D。該題與文章的主題相關(guān),借助文章的標(biāo)題和文章中的最后一句話判斷D是答案。